netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/3] validate variable length ll headers

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Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:54:44 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, alan@...ux.intel.com, hessu@....iki.fi,
	martin.blumenstingl@...glemail.com, linux-hams@...r.kernel.org,
	willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/3] validate variable length ll headers

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Date: Fri,  4 Mar 2016 15:44:14 -0500

> From: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@...gle.com>
> 
> Allow device-specific validation of link layer headers. Existing
> checks drop all packets shorter than hard_header_len. For variable
> length protocols, such packets can be valid.
> 
> patch 1 adds header_ops.validate and dev_validate_header
> patch 2 replaces ll_header_truncated with dev_validate_header
> patch 3 implements the protocol specific callback for AX25
> 
> Tested with a temporary eth_header_validate function. The AX25
> code is compile-tested only at this point.

I'm not going to be able to send another pull request to Linus
before -final, so please respin this against net-next and I'll
queue it up for -stable.

You can add the missing Fixes: tags as well when you do this.

Thanks.