netdev - Re: [PATCH net] udp: prevent skbs lingering in tunnel socket queues

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Date:	Fri, 20 May 2016 19:56:43 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] udp: prevent skbs lingering in tunnel socket queues

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Thu, 19 May 2016 15:58:33 +0200

> In case we find a socket with encapsulation enabled we should call
> the encap_recv function even if just a udp header without payload is
> available. The callbacks are responsible for correctly verifying and
> dropping the packets.
> 
> Also, in case the header validation fails for geneve and vxlan we
> shouldn't put the skb back into the socket queue, no one will pick
> them up there.  Instead we can simply discard them in the respective
> encap_recv functions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Looks good, applied and queued up for -stable.

Thanks!