netdev - RE: [PATCH net-2.6] bridge: fix br_multicast_ipv6

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Date:	Fri, 31 Dec 2010 11:18:15 +0100
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	"Winkler, Tomas" <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Cc:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen.hemminger@...tta.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	"davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH net-2.6] bridge: fix br_multicast_ipv6_rcv for paged
 skbs

On Fri, 2010-12-31 at 01:29 +0200, Winkler, Tomas wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen Hemminger [mailto:stephen.hemminger@...tta.com]
> > Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 1:06 AM
> > To: Winkler, Tomas; Stephen Hemminger; Johannes Berg
> > Cc: davem@...emloft.net; netdev@...r.kernel.org ; linux-
> > wireless@...r.kernel.org
> > Subject: RE: [PATCH net-2.6] bridge: fix br_multicast_ipv6_rcv for paged
> > skbs
> > 
> > Although copy is slower for large packets, this is a non performance path.
> > The code in question is for bridged multicast Ipv6 ICMP packets. This case
> > is so uncritical it could be done in BASIC and no one could possibly care!
> > 
> 
> 
> Fair enough, although you got few of those when you connect to win7 client. 
> Anyhow my fix would work if the second pull would be 
>   if (!pskb_may_pull(skb2, sizeof(struct mld_msg)))  instead of  (!pskb_may_pull(skb2, sizeof(*icmp6h)))

I don't think that works either since that may be longer than the entire
skb's length since the payload still is variable at this point.

johannes

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