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Date:	Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:30:44 +0800
From:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next] net/core: move vlan_depth out of while loop in skb_network_protocol()

From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

move vlan_depth out of while loop, or else vlan_depth always is ETH_HLEN,
can not be increased, and lead to infinite loop when frame has two vlan headers.

Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
---
 net/core/dev.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 90cee5b..35a6a6e 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -2211,9 +2211,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_checksum_help);
 __be16 skb_network_protocol(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	__be16 type = skb->protocol;
+	int vlan_depth = ETH_HLEN;
 
 	while (type == htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
-		int vlan_depth = ETH_HLEN;
 		struct vlan_hdr *vh;
 
 		if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, vlan_depth + VLAN_HLEN)))
-- 
1.7.10.4

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