netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Ensure pointer correctly set if skb data location changes

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Message-ID: <17dd69e6-1438-3474-aa0a-6c44e68855a5@broadcom.com>
Date:   Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:56:37 +0200
From:   Arend Van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
To:     Kalle Valo <kvalo@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     James Hughes <james.hughes@...pberrypi.org>,
        linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org,
        brcm80211-dev-list.pdl@...adcom.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] brcmfmac: Ensure pointer correctly set if skb data
 location changes

On 24-4-2017 13:40, James Hughes wrote:
> The incoming skb header may be resized if header space is
> insufficient, which might change the data adddress in the skb.
> Ensure that a cached pointer to that data is correctly set by
> moving assignment to after any possible changes.

Hi Kalle,

This one should go on 4.12 queue as well.

Thanks,
Arend

> Signed-off-by: James Hughes <james.hughes@...pberrypi.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Arend van Spriel <arend.vanspriel@...adcom.com>
> ---