netdev - Re: [PATCH] [SK_BUFF]: Disable the offset code

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Date:	Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:53:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	acme@...stprotocols.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [SK_BUFF]: Disable the offset code

From: "Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo" <acme@...stprotocols.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:42:46 -0300

>         Please pull from:
> 
> master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/acme/net-2.6.22
> 
>         Till I fully investigate and fix this we should just use the
> pointer based approach, where this problem bug doesn't happens, good
> thing its selectable :)

Pulled, let me know when you have a real fix :-)

For others, Arnaldo and I suspect that the failure case is
when an offset is negative.  Since the offsets are unsigned
and 32-bit this will do the wrong thing when used as an
offset of a 64-bit pointer as the 32-bit "negative" value
will be zero instead of sign-extended.

If this theory proves true, the fix is to make the offsets
signed 32-bit quantities.
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