kernel-ark/net/core
Eric Dumazet 954fba0274 netpoll: fix netpoll_send_udp() bugs
Bogdan Hamciuc diagnosed and fixed following bug in netpoll_send_udp() :

"skb->len += len;" instead of "skb_put(skb, len);"

Meaning that _if_ a network driver needs to call skb_realloc_headroom(),
only packet headers would be copied, leaving garbage in the payload.

However the skb_realloc_headroom() must be avoided as much as possible
since it requires memory and netpoll tries hard to work even if memory
is exhausted (using a pool of preallocated skbs)

It appears netpoll_send_udp() reserved 16 bytes for the ethernet header,
which happens to work for typicall drivers but not all.

Right thing is to use LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev)
(And also add dev->needed_tailroom of tailroom)

This patch combines both fixes.

Many thanks to Bogdan for raising this issue.

Reported-by: Bogdan Hamciuc <bogdan.hamciuc@freescale.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tested-by: Bogdan Hamciuc <bogdan.hamciuc@freescale.com>
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
Cc: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
Reviewed-by: Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-06-13 15:57:31 -07:00
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datagram.c net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
dev_addr_lists.c net: addr_list: add exclusive dev_uc_add and dev_mc_add 2012-04-15 13:06:04 -04:00
dev.c net: napi_frags_skb() is static 2012-05-19 02:51:00 -04:00
drop_monitor.c drop_monitor: dont sleep in atomic context 2012-06-04 11:42:01 -04:00
dst.c net: Rename dst_get_neighbour{, _raw} to dst_get_neighbour_noref{, _raw}. 2011-12-05 15:20:19 -05:00
ethtool.c ethtool: Extend the ethtool API to obtain plugin module eeprom data 2012-05-10 02:22:17 +01:00
fib_rules.c fib_rules: Stop using NLA_PUT*(). 2012-04-02 04:33:44 -04:00
filter.c net/core: fix kernel-doc warnings 2012-06-08 22:20:58 -07:00
flow_dissector.c net: flow_dissector.c missing include linux/export.h 2012-01-24 16:03:33 -05:00
flow.c net: Add a flow_cache_flush_deferred function 2011-12-21 16:48:08 -05:00
gen_estimator.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
gen_stats.c gen_stats: Stop using NLA_PUT*(). 2012-04-02 04:33:44 -04:00
iovec.c net: get rid of some pointless casts to sockaddr 2012-03-11 19:11:22 -07:00
link_watch.c net: linkwatch: allow vlans to get carrier changes faster 2011-09-15 15:36:34 -04:00
Makefile sock_diag: Move the sock_ code to net/core/ 2011-12-06 13:58:02 -05:00
neighbour.c net: neighbour: fix neigh_dump_info() 2012-06-07 13:02:21 -07:00
net_namespace.c net: core: Use pr_<level> 2012-05-17 05:00:04 -04:00
net-sysfs.c net: cleanup unsigned to unsigned int 2012-04-15 12:44:40 -04:00
net-sysfs.h xps: Add CONFIG_XPS 2010-11-28 18:24:14 -08:00
net-traces.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
netevent.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
netpoll.c netpoll: fix netpoll_send_udp() bugs 2012-06-13 15:57:31 -07:00
netprio_cgroup.c Merge branch 'for-3.5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tj/cgroup 2012-05-22 17:40:19 -07:00
pktgen.c Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-05-20 21:53:04 -04:00
request_sock.c ipv4:correct description for tcp_max_syn_backlog 2011-12-06 13:02:28 -05:00
rtnetlink.c net: Convert net_ratelimit uses to net_<level>_ratelimited 2012-05-15 13:45:03 -04:00
scm.c Remove all #inclusions of asm/system.h 2012-03-28 18:30:03 +01:00
secure_seq.c net: fix some sparse errors 2012-01-17 10:31:12 -05:00
skbuff.c net/core: fix kernel-doc warnings 2012-06-08 22:20:58 -07:00
sock_diag.c net: sock_diag_handler structs can be const 2012-04-25 20:46:59 -04:00
sock.c net: sock: validate data_len before allocating skb in sock_alloc_send_pskb() 2012-05-31 18:22:45 -04:00
stream.c net: Fix the condition passed to sk_wait_event() 2010-10-03 20:41:32 -07:00
sysctl_net_core.c net: Delete all remaining instances of ctl_path 2012-04-20 21:22:30 -04:00
timestamping.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
user_dma.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
utils.c net: Fixed coding style issues relating to braces. 2012-04-12 16:35:48 -04:00