netdev - Re: [PATCH net] qmi_wwan: Add missing skb_reset_mac

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Date:   Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:02:53 +0100
From:   Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:     Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@...il.com>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] qmi_wwan: Add missing skb_reset_mac_header-call

Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@...il.com> writes:

> When we receive a packet on a QMI device in raw IP mode, we should call
> skb_reset_mac_header() to ensure that skb->mac_header contains a valid
> offset in the packet. While it shouldn't really matter, the packets have
> no MAC header and the interface is configured as-such, it seems certain
> parts of the network stack expects a "good" value in skb->mac_header.

Thanks.  Yes, I see that the tun driver also does this.

Acked-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>

And his should probably go to stable as well? with a

Fixes: 32f7adf633b9 ("net: qmi_wwan: support "raw IP" mode")