netdev - Re: [PATCH] usbnet: fix alignment for frames with no ethernet header

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Date:   Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:01:16 +0100
From:   Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jay@...tech.com, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        oneukum@...e.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] usbnet: fix alignment for frames with no ethernet header

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> writes:

> From: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
> Date: Wed,  6 Dec 2017 20:21:24 +0100
>
>> The qmi_wwan minidriver support a 'raw-ip' mode where frames are
>> received without any ethernet header. This causes alignment issues
>> because the skbs allocated by usbnet are "IP aligned".
>> 
>> Fix by allowing minidrivers to disable the additional alignment
>> offset. This is implemented using a per-device flag, since the same
>> minidriver also supports 'ethernet' mode.
>> 
>> Fixes: 32f7adf633b9 ("net: qmi_wwan: support "raw IP" mode")
>> Reported-and-tested-by: Jay Foster <jay@...tech.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Bjørn Mork <bjorn@...k.no>
>
> Looks good, applied and queued up for -stable.


Thanks. I can see it in the -stable queue, but it didn't show up here
yet: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net.git

Did it get stuck somewhere?


Bjørn