Re: [PATCH 1/1] 6lowpan: Fix fragmentation with link-local compressed addresses

[David Hauweele]

Hello,

There is a patch which fixes link-local address uncompression:

http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.network.zigbee.devel/1717

I came across a similar solution but didn't submit it as another patch
already existed.
This patch instead focus on fragmented packet with link-local address
compression,
which is related but a different bug.

2013/5/19 Alexander Aring <alex.aring@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi David,
>
> can you use a link-layer address on the current net-next kernel?
>
> I am asking because I can't use a link-layer address currently.
> Your patch doesn't help to solve my problem with link-layer addresses.
>
>
> To your patch:
>
> We get the link-layer addresses from skb not from the allocated
> frame->skb.
>
> Here is the code:
>
> _saddr = mac_cb(skb)->sa.hwaddr;
> _daddr = mac_cb(skb)->da.hwaddr;
>
> Here is skb != frame->skb so we don't need to copy it to frame->skb->cb
> because we already the link-layer addresses from skb->cb.
>
> Is there another place in the code where we get the link-layer addresses
> from allocated "frame" structure?

frame->skb is used to reassemble the 6lowpan packet when new fragments
are received.
This is the 'fragments assembling' switch at the beginning of
lowpan_process_data().
It will reassemble fragments until the packet is successfully reassembled.
Once it is, skb is replaced:

dev_kfree_skb(skb);
skb = frame->skb;
kfree(frame);

And the process continues as with other 6lowpan packets.

In particular:

_saddr = mac_cb(skb)->sa.hwaddr;
_daddr = mac_cb(skb)->da.hwaddr;

Several lines later there are:

err = lowpan_uncompress_addr(skb, &hdr.saddr, lowpan_llprefix,
lowpan_unc_llconf[tmp], skb->data);
err = lowpan_uncompress_addr(skb, &hdr.daddr, lowpan_llprefix,
lowpan_unc_llconf[tmp], skb->data);

These two lines should use _saddr/_daddr instead of skb->data, which
fixes the link-local address uncompression.
I'm able to use link-layer addresses with these two patches and it works well.

>
> Regards
> Alex

Regards,

David
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