Re: linux-next: Tree for Aug 7

[Eric Dumazet]

On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 18:22 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote:

> Maybe. I haven't tested it, but I'm thinking that skb->data doesn't
> point to the start of the data frame in this case, since we now call
> eth_type_trans() which pulls the ethernet header. So if the device just
> transmits skb->len starting from skb->data, it'll be wrong, no? That
> seems a basic assumption though.

Yes, it seems calling eth_type_trans() is not right here, and even could
crash.

Sorry, for being vague, I am a bit busy this morning.




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