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| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/netdevice.h | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | net/packet/af_packet.c | 18 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h index 964b494b0e8d..fa275a054f46 100644 --- a/include/linux/netdevice.h +++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h @@ -3137,6 +3137,11 @@ static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev, return false; } +static inline bool dev_has_header(const struct net_device *dev) +{ + return dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->create; +} + typedef int gifconf_func_t(struct net_device * dev, char __user * bufptr, int len, int size); int register_gifconf(unsigned int family, gifconf_func_t *gifconf); diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c index cefbd50c1090..7a18ffff8551 100644 --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c @@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ /* Assumptions: - - If the device has no dev->header_ops, there is no LL header visible - above the device. In this case, its hard_header_len should be 0. + - If the device has no dev->header_ops->create, there is no LL header + visible above the device. In this case, its hard_header_len should be 0. The device may prepend its own header internally. In this case, its needed_headroom should be set to the space needed for it to add its internal header. @@ -108,26 +108,26 @@ On receive: ----------- -Incoming, dev->header_ops != NULL +Incoming, dev_has_header(dev) == true mac_header -> ll header data -> data -Outgoing, dev->header_ops != NULL +Outgoing, dev_has_header(dev) == true mac_header -> ll header data -> ll header -Incoming, dev->header_ops == NULL +Incoming, dev_has_header(dev) == false mac_header -> data However drivers often make it point to the ll header. This is incorrect because the ll header should be invisible to us. data -> data -Outgoing, dev->header_ops == NULL +Outgoing, dev_has_header(dev) == false mac_header -> data. ll header is invisible to us. data -> data Resume - If dev->header_ops == NULL we are unable to restore the ll header, + If dev_has_header(dev) == false we are unable to restore the ll header, because it is invisible to us. @@ -2069,7 +2069,7 @@ static int packet_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, skb->dev = dev; - if (dev->header_ops) { + if (dev_has_header(dev)) { /* The device has an explicit notion of ll header, * exported to higher levels. * @@ -2198,7 +2198,7 @@ static int tpacket_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev, if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), sock_net(sk))) goto drop; - if (dev->header_ops) { + if (dev_has_header(dev)) { if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_DGRAM) skb_push(skb, skb->data - skb_mac_header(skb)); else if (skb->pkt_type == PACKET_OUTGOING) { |