netdev - [PATCH net] net: bridge: don't increment tx_dropped in br_do_proxy

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Date:   Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:44:29 +0200
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Kyeyoon Park <kyeyoonp@...eaurora.org>,
        Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
        bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH net] net: bridge: don't increment tx_dropped in br_do_proxy_arp

pskb_may_pull may fail due to various reasons (e.g. alloc failure), but the
skb isn't changed/dropped and processing continues so we shouldn't
increment tx_dropped.

CC: Kyeyoon Park <kyeyoonp@...eaurora.org>
CC: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
CC: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
CC: bridge@...ts.linux-foundation.org
Fixes: 958501163ddd ("bridge: Add support for IEEE 802.11 Proxy ARP")
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov <nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com>
---
 net/bridge/br_input.c | 7 ++-----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_input.c b/net/bridge/br_input.c
index 8e486203d133..abe11f085479 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_input.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_input.c
@@ -80,13 +80,10 @@ static void br_do_proxy_arp(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_bridge *br,
 
 	BR_INPUT_SKB_CB(skb)->proxyarp_replied = false;
 
-	if (dev->flags & IFF_NOARP)
+	if ((dev->flags & IFF_NOARP) ||
+	    !pskb_may_pull(skb, arp_hdr_len(dev)))
 		return;
 
-	if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, arp_hdr_len(dev))) {
-		dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
-		return;
-	}
 	parp = arp_hdr(skb);
 
 	if (parp->ar_pro != htons(ETH_P_IP) ||
-- 
2.1.4