netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: more accurate network taps in transmit path

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Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:16:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	jamie.gloudon@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: more accurate network taps in transmit
 path

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 08:44:49 +0200

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> dev_queue_xmit_nit() should be called right before ndo_start_xmit()
> calls or we might give wrong packet contents to taps users :
> 
> Packet checksum can be changed, or packet can be linearized or
> segmented, and segments partially sent for the later case.
> 
> Also a memory allocation can fail and packet never really hit the
> driver entry point.
> 
> Reported-by: Jamie Gloudon <jamie.gloudon@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Are you really sure that all the network tap implementations can
handle software GSO segmented skbs using skb->next linkage?

Because that is what they can potentially see after this change.
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