netdev - Re: [PATCHv3 net] bonding: fix ICMPv6 header handling when receiving IPv6 messages

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Date:   Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:34:32 +0800
From:   Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
To:     Jay Vosburgh <jay.vosburgh@...onical.com>
Cc:     "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, Liang Li <liali@...hat.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 net] bonding: fix ICMPv6 header handling when receiving
 IPv6 messages

On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 08:29:58PM -0800, Jay Vosburgh wrote:
> > #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
> >-	} else if (is_ipv6) {
> >+	} else if (is_ipv6 && skb_header_pointer(skb, 0, sizeof(ip6_hdr), &ip6_hdr)) {
> > 		return bond_na_rcv(skb, bond, slave);
> > #endif
> > 	} else {
> >
> >What do you think?
> 
> 	I don't see how this solves the icmp6_hdr() / ipv6_hdr() problem
> in bond_na_rcv(); skb_header_pointer() doesn't do a pull, it just copies
> into the supplied struct (if necessary).

Hmm... Maybe I didn't get what you and Eric means. If we can copy the
supplied buffer success, doesn't this make sure IPv6 header is in skb?

Thanks
Hangbin