netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: reset mac header in dev_start

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Date:	Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:59:56 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, greearb@...delatech.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 1/2] net: reset mac header in dev_start_xmit()

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 22:22:20 -0800

> From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
> 
> On 64 bit arches :
> 
> There is a off-by-one error in qdisc_pkt_len_init() because
> mac_header is not set in xmit path.
> 
> skb_mac_header() returns an out of bound value that was
> harmless because hdr_len is an 'unsigned int'
> 
> On 32bit arches, the error is abysmal.
> 
> This patch is also a prereq for "macvlan: add multicast filter"
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied.
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