Re: [PATCH net] net: lapb: Copy the skb before sending a packet

[Xie He]

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 2:05 AM Martin Schiller <ms@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> What kind of packages do you mean are corrupted?
> ETH_P_X25 or ETH_P_HDLC?

I mean ETH_P_X25. I was using "lapbether.c" to test so there was no ETH_P_HDLC.

> I have also sent a patch here in the past that addressed corrupted
> ETH_P_X25 frames on an AF_PACKET socket:
>
> https://lkml.org/lkml/2020/1/13/388
>
> Unfortunately I could not track and describe exactly where the problem
> was.

Ah... Looks like we had the same problem.

> I just wonder when/where is the logically correct place to copy the skb.
> Shouldn't it be copied before removing the pseudo header (as I did in my
> patch)?

I think it's not necessary to copy it before removing the pseudo
header, because "skb_pull" will not change any data in the data
buffer. "skb_pull" will only change the values of "skb->data" and
"skb->len". These values are not shared between clones of skbs, so
it's safe to change them without affecting other clones of the skb.

I also choose to copy the skb in the LAPB module (rather than in the
drivers) because I see all drivers have this problem (including the
recently deleted x25_asy.c driver), so it'd be better to fix this
issue in the LAPB module, for all drivers.