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

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Date:	Wed, 09 Mar 2016 22:13:40 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, willemb@...gle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/3] validate variable length ll headers

From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@...il.com>
Date: Wed,  9 Mar 2016 21:58:31 -0500

> 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 implements the protocol specific callback for AX25
> patch 3 replaces ll_header_truncated with dev_validate_header

Series applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!