netdev - Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] af_packet: move strict addr_len check right before dev_[mc/unicast]

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Date:	Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:01:10 -0500
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [net-2.6 PATCH] af_packet: move strict addr_len check right
	before dev_[mc/unicast]_[add/del]

Quoting Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>:

> @@ -1734,7 +1738,7 @@ static int packet_mc_add(struct sock *sk,   
> struct packet_mreq_max *mreq)
>  		goto done;
>
>  	err = -EINVAL;
> -	if (mreq->mr_alen != dev->addr_len)
> +	if (mreq->mr_alen > dev->addr_len)
>  		goto done;
>
>  	err = -ENOBUFS;

The patch looks good, but did you mean to include this change?  It's  
not described.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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