netdev - Re: [PATCH] bridge: reset IPCB in br_parse_ip

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Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:31:16 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	lkml@...tdoyle.com, shemminger@...tta.com,
	shimoda.hiroaki@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: reset IPCB in br_parse_ip_options

Le mercredi 13 avril 2011 à 14:48 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:28:07 +0200
> 
> > Dont worry, Stephen or me will send it asap.
> 
> I'm looking forward to it :)

I was considering another way to handle this problem,
patching ip_options_compile() to take care of null skb_dst() in slow
path instead ?

What would be the best thing ?

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
index 28a736f..c10ad63 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int ip_options_compile(struct net *net,
 					pp_ptr = optptr + 2;
 					goto error;
 				}
-				if (skb) {
+				if (rt) {
 					memcpy(&optptr[optptr[2]-1], &rt->rt_spec_dst, 4);
 					opt->is_changed = 1;
 				}
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int ip_options_compile(struct net *net,
 						goto error;
 					}
 					opt->ts = optptr - iph;
-					if (skb) {
+					if (rt)  {
 						memcpy(&optptr[optptr[2]-1], &rt->rt_spec_dst, 4);
 						timeptr = (__be32*)&optptr[optptr[2]+3];
 					}


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