netdev - Re: Revert 462fb2af9788a82a534f8184abfde31574e1cfa0 (bridge : Sanitize skb before it enters the IP stack)

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Message-Id: <20140530.233730.278118344680023489.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Fri, 30 May 2014 23:37:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	davidn@...idnewall.com
Cc:	bdschuym@...dora.be, fw@...len.de, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org,
	bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org, bsd@...hat.com,
	vyasevich@...il.com
Subject: Re: Revert 462fb2af9788a82a534f8184abfde31574e1cfa0 (bridge :
 Sanitize skb before it enters the IP stack)

From: David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 15:43:16 +0930

> On 31/05/14 10:16, David Miller wrote:
>> I don't see why you don't simply keep br_parse_ip_options() around
>> and adjust it as you need, you're just mostly duplicating it's
>> contents into br_nf_pre_routing().
> 
> More accurately, I'm *restoring* br_parse_ip_options()'s contents to
> br_nf_pre_routing().  The reasons why are twofold: I'm undoing a
> change which turns out to have been a mistake; and leaving it largely
> as-is, just removing the call to ip_options_compile(), would be
> confusing in that the name (br_pase_ip_options()) gives an expectation
> of function that would be untrue.
> 
> I can see an argument in favour of leaving br_parse_options() around,
> being that it is called from three places, and thus restoring the code
> removes checks which are currently being performed.  They weren't
> being performed before and it's not clear that they are needed, but if
> you say that it would be better, I'll leave it around and just remove
> the call to ip_options_compile(). Just say the word.

You can rename the function to something more suitable.

Because then it's just a handful of line changes rather than a huge
bunch of hunks which are harder to audit.
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