netdev - Re: RFC: on [ab]use of skb->cb by VLAN code

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Tue, 31 Jul 2007 09:56:39 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, hadi@...erus.ca,
	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org, mcarlson@...adcom.com
Subject: Re: RFC: on [ab]use of skb->cb by VLAN code

> Do we really need an 'unsigned int' for mac_len?  Maybe we could use
> a 16-bit counter here, and then use the other 16 bits for the VLAN bits?

Not knowing exactly if/how it interacts with that specific field I will 
point-out that IPoIB in OFED 1.2 just took their MTU to 65520.  While that 
doesn't break the bitbank it does get rather close.

rick jones
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html