netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 02/13] extended semantic of sk_buff::tstamp: lowest bit marks hardware time stamps

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Date:	Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:58:55 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	patrick.ohly@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, opurdila@...acom.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...eo.de, ak@...ux.intel.com,
	john.ronciak@...el.com, dada1@...mosbay.com, oliver@...tkopp.net
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/13] extended semantic of sk_buff::tstamp: lowest
 bit marks hardware time stamps

From: Patrick Ohly <patrick.ohly@...el.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:17:24 +0200

> +int skb_hwtstamp_raw(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct timespec *stamp)
> +{
> +	struct rtable *rt;
> +	struct in_device *idev;
> +	struct net_device *netdev;
> +
> +	if (skb_hwtstamp_available(skb) &&
> +	    (rt = skb->rtable) != NULL &&
> +	    (idev = rt->idev) != NULL &&
> +	    (netdev = idev->dev) != NULL  &&
> +	    netdev->hwtstamp_raw) {
> +		return netdev->hwtstamp_raw(skb, stamp);
> +	} else {
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(skb_hwtstamp_raw);

You can't be accessing the generic destination cache entry attached to
the SKB, here in generic SKB code, as a pointer to an ipv4 specific
route object.  What if this is an IPV6 or DECNET packet?
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