netdev - Re: [PATCH] br2684: don't send frames on not-ready vcc

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Date:	Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:58:58 +0000
From:	David Woodhouse <dwmw2@...radead.org>
To:	Krzysztof Mazur <krzysiek@...lesie.net>
Cc:	chas williams - CONTRACTOR <chas@....nrl.navy.mil>,
	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, nathan@...verse.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH] br2684: don't send frames on not-ready vcc

On Wed, 2012-11-28 at 09:08 +0100, Krzysztof Mazur wrote:
> 
> I think you might need also an equivalent of
> "[PATCH v3 3/7] pppoatm: allow assign only on a connected socket".
> 
> I'm not sure yet. In will test if I can trigger that Oops on pppoatm
> without that patch. Testing vcc flags might be sufficient - that's
> what I did in the first patch, but you asked what about SOCK_CONNECTED,
> and I think it was really needed.

Even if the READY check avoids the oops, I think the patch makes sense.
Especially as it makes things consistent with pppoatm. I've applied it
to the tree. Thanks.

-- 
dwmw2


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