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Date:	Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:10:32 +0400
From:	Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
To:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
Subject: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: ip_forward: perform skb->pkt_type check at the beginning

Packets which have L2 address different from ours should be
already filtered before entering into ip_forward().

Perform that check at the beginning to avoid processing such packets.

Signed-off-by: Denis Kirjanov <kda@...ux-powerpc.org>
---
 net/ipv4/ip_forward.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
index e9f1217..1a07056 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_forward.c
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct rtable *rt;	/* Route we use */
 	struct ip_options *opt	= &(IPCB(skb)->opt);
 
+    /* that should never happen */
+    if (skb->pkt_type != PACKET_HOST)
+        goto drop;
+
 	if (skb_warn_if_lro(skb))
 		goto drop;
 
@@ -68,9 +72,6 @@ int ip_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (IPCB(skb)->opt.router_alert && ip_call_ra_chain(skb))
 		return NET_RX_SUCCESS;
 
-	if (skb->pkt_type != PACKET_HOST)
-		goto drop;
-
 	skb_forward_csum(skb);
 
 	/*
-- 
1.8.3.2

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