netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND net/stable] gro: reset vlan

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Date:	Wed, 30 Nov 2011 23:32:01 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	bpoirier@...e.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, jesse@...ira.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND net/stable] gro: reset vlan_tci on reuse

From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:47:18 -0500

> For drivers using the vlan_gro_frags() interface, a packet with an invalid tci
> leads to GRO_DROP and napi_reuse_skb(). The skb has to be sanitized before
> being reused or we may send an skb with an invalid vlan_tci field up the stack
> where it is not expected.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...e.de>
> Cc: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>

Acked-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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