netdev - Re: [PATCH] atl1: fix frame length bug

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Date:	Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:04:28 -0600
From:	Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net>
To:	jeff@...zik.org, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net>, csnook@...hat.com,
	david.harris@...i-inc.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] atl1: fix frame length bug

On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 19:56:41 -0600
Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net> wrote:

> The driver sets up the hardware to accept a frame with max length
> equal to MTU + Ethernet header + FCS + VLAN tag, but we neglect to
> add the VLAN tag size to the ingress buffer.  When a VLAN-tagged
> frame arrives, the hardware passes it, but bad things happen
> because the buffer is too small.  This patch fixes that.
> 
> Thanks to David Harris for reporting the bug and testing the fix.
> 
> Tested-by: David Harris <david.harris@...i-inc.com>
> Signed-off-by: Jay Cliburn <jacliburn@...lsouth.net>

Jeff, Dave,

This bugfix needs to go in for 2.6.24 if possible.

Thanks,
Jay
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