netdev - Re: [PATCH] brcm80211: brcmfmac: Ensure that incoming skb's are writable

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Date:   Thu, 20 Apr 2017 14:31:48 +0300
From:   Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
To:     James Hughes <james.hughes@...pberrypi.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>,
        Franky Lin <franky.lin@...adcom.com>,
        Hante Meuleman <hante.meuleman@...adcom.com>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] brcm80211: brcmfmac: Ensure that incoming skb's are writable

+ linux-wireless

James Hughes <james.hughes@...pberrypi.org> writes:

> The driver was adding header information to incoming skb
> without ensuring the head was uncloned and hence writable.
>
> skb_cow_head has been used to ensure they are writable, however,
> this required some changes to error handling to ensure that
> if skb_cow_head failed it was not ignored.
>
> This really needs to be reviewed by someone who is more familiar
> with this code base to ensure any deallocation of skb's is
> still correct.
>
> Signed-off-by: James Hughes <james.hughes@...pberrypi.org>

You should also CC linux-wireless, otherwise patchwork won't see it.

-- 
Kalle Valo