Re: [ 074/167] [PATCH 14/26] tcp: fix tcp_trim_head()

[Ben Hutchings]

On Wed, 2012-05-09 at 03:16 -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > 3.2-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
> [...]
> > [ Upstream commit 4fa48bf3c75069d636fc8830743c929a062e80dc ]
> >
> > commit f07d960df3 (tcp: avoid frag allocation for small frames)
> > breaked assumption in tcp stack that skb is either linear (skb->data_len
> > == 0), or fully fragged (skb->data_len == skb->len)
> >
> > tcp_trim_head() made this assumption, we must fix it.
> 
> Is this needed in the context of 3.2.y (which does not include
> f07d960df3)?
[...]

The code being replaced really didn't make sense, but unless there is
some other case that breaks the assumption described then I don't think
this meets the stable rules.  David?

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
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