netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] packet: fix panic in __packet_set_timestamp on tpacket

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Date:   Wed, 4 Jan 2017 21:10:05 -0500
From:   Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>
To:     Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, willemb@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] packet: fix panic in __packet_set_timestamp on
 tpacket_v3 in tx mode

On (01/05/17 02:34), Daniel Borkmann wrote:
> When TX timestamping is in use with TPACKET_V3's TX ring, then we'll
> hit the BUG() in __packet_set_timestamp() when ring buffer slot is
> returned to user space via tpacket_destruct_skb(). This is due to v3
> being assumed as unreachable here, but since 7f953ab2ba46 ("af_packet:
> TX_RING support for TPACKET_V3") it's not anymore. Fix it by filling
> the timestamp back into the ring slot.

Acked-by: Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>

--Sowmini