Re: Memory corruption in 8390.c ?

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Jun 22 2006 - 04:24:48 EST


From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2006 12:30:29 +1000

> On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 10:55:44AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> >
> > I think skb_padto simply shouldn't allocate a new skb. It only needs
> > to extend the data area.
>
> OK, here is a patch to make it do that.
>
> [NET]: Avoid allocating skb in skb_pad

Want me to let this cook in 2.6.18 for a while before sending
it off to -stable?
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