netdev - Re: [PATCH net] flow dissector: correct size of storage for ARP

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Date:   Mon, 03 Apr 2017 14:47:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     simon.horman@...ronome.com
Cc:     dinan.gunawardena@...ronome.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        oss-drivers@...ronome.com, nicolas.iooss_linux@....org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] flow dissector: correct size of storage for ARP

From: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>
Date: Mon,  3 Apr 2017 15:42:58 -0400

> The last argument to __skb_header_pointer() should be a buffer large
> enough to store struct arphdr. This can be a pointer to a struct arphdr
> structure. The code was previously using a pointer to a pointer to
> struct arphdr.
> 
> By my counting the storage available both before and after is 8 bytes on
> x86_64.
> 
> Fixes: 55733350e5e8 ("flow disector: ARP support")
> Reported-by: Nicolas Iooss <nicolas.iooss_linux@....org>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Horman <simon.horman@...ronome.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.

> this problem is present in both net, since v4.11-rc1 and net-next.
> However, the code has refactored in net-next. I expect this will result
> in a conflict. Let me know if you would like me to post a version for
> net-next too.

I'll sort out the merge hassles into net-next myself, thanks for
letting me know.