On Wed, Aug 07, 2013 at 04:36:21PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
> Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 16:27:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
> > Look, I'm going to fix this myself, because I'm pretty tired of
> > waiting for the obvious fix.
>
> Someone please test this:
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
> index c623861..afc02a6 100644
> --- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
> +++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
>
> #ifdef __KERNEL__
> extern __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> net_device *dev);
> +extern __be16 __eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> net_device *dev);
> extern const struct header_ops eth_header_ops;
>
> extern int eth_header(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
> diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
> index be1f64d..35dc1be 100644
> --- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
> +++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
> @@ -146,6 +146,45 @@ int eth_rebuild_header(struct sk_buff *skb)
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_rebuild_header);
>
> /**
> + * __eth_type_trans - only determine the packet's protocol ID.
> + * @skb: packet
> + * @dev: device
> + */
> +__be16 __eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
> +{
> + struct ethhdr *eth = (struct ethhdr *) skb->data;
> +
> + /*
> + * Some variants of DSA tagging don't have an ethertype field
> + * at all, so we check here whether one of those tagging
> + * variants has been configured on the receiving interface,
> + * and if so, set skb->protocol without looking at the packet.
> + */
> + if (netdev_uses_dsa_tags(dev))
> + return htons(ETH_P_DSA);
> + if (netdev_uses_trailer_tags(dev))
> + return htons(ETH_P_TRAILER);
> +
> + if (ntohs(eth->h_proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN)
> + return eth->h_proto;
> +
> + /*
> + * This is a magic hack to spot IPX packets. Older Novell breaks
> + * the protocol design and runs IPX over 802.3 without an 802.2 LLC
> + * layer. We look for FFFF which isn't a used 802.2 SSAP/DSAP. This
> + * won't work for fault tolerant netware but does for the rest.
> + */
> + if (skb->len >= 2 && *(unsigned short *)(skb->data) == 0xFFFF)
> + return htons(ETH_P_802_3);
> +
> + /*
> + * Real 802.2 LLC
> + */
> + return htons(ETH_P_802_2);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__eth_type_trans);
> +
> +/**
> * eth_type_trans - determine the packet's protocol ID.
> * @skb: received socket data
> * @dev: receiving network device
> @@ -184,33 +223,7 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct
> net_device *dev)
> skb->pkt_type = PACKET_OTHERHOST;
> }
>
> - /*
> - * Some variants of DSA tagging don't have an ethertype field
> - * at all, so we check here whether one of those tagging
> - * variants has been configured on the receiving interface,
> - * and if so, set skb->protocol without looking at the packet.
> - */
> - if (netdev_uses_dsa_tags(dev))
> - return htons(ETH_P_DSA);
> - if (netdev_uses_trailer_tags(dev))
> - return htons(ETH_P_TRAILER);
> -
> - if (ntohs(eth->h_proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN)
> - return eth->h_proto;
> -
> - /*
> - * This is a magic hack to spot IPX packets. Older Novell breaks
> - * the protocol design and runs IPX over 802.3 without an 802.2 LLC
> - * layer. We look for FFFF which isn't a used 802.2 SSAP/DSAP. This
> - * won't work for fault tolerant netware but does for the rest.
> - */
> - if (skb->len >= 2 && *(unsigned short *)(skb->data) == 0xFFFF)
> - return htons(ETH_P_802_3);
> -
> - /*
> - * Real 802.2 LLC
> - */
> - return htons(ETH_P_802_2);
> + return __eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(eth_type_trans);
>
> diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> index 0c0f6c9..ec8e1c3 100644
> --- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
> +++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
> @@ -2003,7 +2003,7 @@ static int tpacket_fill_skb(struct packet_sock *po,
> struct sk_buff *skb,
> return err;
>
> if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER)
> - skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> + skb->protocol = __eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
>
> data += dev->hard_header_len;
> to_write -= dev->hard_header_len;
> @@ -2332,13 +2332,13 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
> sock_tx_timestamp(sk, &skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags);
>
> if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
> - skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> + skb->protocol = __eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
> if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q))
> reserve += VLAN_HLEN;
> } else {
> skb->protocol = proto;
> - skb->dev = dev;
> }
> + skb->dev = dev;
>
> if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + extra_len)) {
> err = -EMSGSIZE;
The problem with this patch is __eth_type_trans() assuming the MAC
header at skb->data which might be correct in the most cases, but not
when called from eth_type_trans() as the later sets skb->data to after
the ethernet header (which was the problem from the beginning).
Best wishes, Phil
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