netdev - [NET] [BUG-FIX] [Patch 1/1]: Revert use of skb

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Date:	Fri, 16 May 2008 18:17:02 +0100
From:	Gerrit Renker <gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [NET] [BUG-FIX] [Patch 1/1]: Revert use of skb_padto

[SC92031]: Using padto turned driver into an IPv6-only interface

IPv4 would work with this driver only with static arp table entries,
the patch  reverts a padto introduced in

 commit 26a17b7bbb36a8552d531bc1ad08472fb5aa3007
 sc92031: start transmit return value bugfix

The padto does not work because the driver code evaluates `len' later on and
there are cases where skb->len is not updated accordingly.

This was observed with ARP frames (skb->len = 42 bytes, !skb_cloned(), 
skb_tailroom = 84 bytes). Then in skb_pad(), the first condition is true, where
skb->len is not updated. As a consequence, the driver uses 42 bytes instead of
the 60 bytes, and the ARP frame never makes it onto the wire.

Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@....abdn.ac.uk>
---
 drivers/net/sc92031.c |    8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/net/sc92031.c
+++ b/drivers/net/sc92031.c
@@ -953,9 +953,6 @@ static int sc92031_start_xmit(struct sk_
 	unsigned entry;
 	u32 tx_status;

-	if (skb_padto(skb, ETH_ZLEN))
-		return NETDEV_TX_OK;
-
 	if (unlikely(skb->len > TX_BUF_SIZE)) {
 		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
 		goto out;
@@ -975,6 +972,11 @@ static int sc92031_start_xmit(struct sk_
 	skb_copy_and_csum_dev(skb, priv->tx_bufs + entry * TX_BUF_SIZE);

 	len = skb->len;
+	if (unlikely(len < ETH_ZLEN)) {
+		memset(priv->tx_bufs + entry * TX_BUF_SIZE + len,
+				0, ETH_ZLEN - len);
+		len = ETH_ZLEN;
+	}

 	wmb();

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