netdev - Re: [PATCH nf-next 5/6] netfilter: use nf_ip6_check_hbh_len in nf_ct_skb_network

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Date:   Tue, 7 Mar 2023 11:22:56 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To:     Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
        network dev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>,
        Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>, davem@...emloft.net,
        kuba@...nel.org, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...dia.com>,
        Pravin B Shelar <pshelar@....org>,
        Aaron Conole <aconole@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH nf-next 5/6] netfilter: use nf_ip6_check_hbh_len in
 nf_ct_skb_network_trim

On 04/03/2023 02:12, Xin Long wrote:
> For IPv6 Jumbo packets, the ipv6_hdr(skb)->payload_len is always 0,
> and its real payload_len ( > 65535) is saved in hbh exthdr. With 0
> length for the jumbo packets, all data and exthdr will be trimmed
> in nf_ct_skb_network_trim().
> 
> This patch is to call nf_ip6_check_hbh_len() to get real pkt_len
> of the IPv6 packet, similar to br_validate_ipv6().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Xin Long <lucien.xin@...il.com>
> ---
>  net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_ovs.c | 11 +++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 

I'd also recommend to change the scope of "err" as Simon already pointed out.
Other than that looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>