Re: [GENERIC HDLC LAYER] Messages of a hdlc device

[Krzysztof Halasa]

Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <[e-mail]> writes:

> This is becoming a FAQ... see net/core/dev.c, line 907 on 2.5:
> 
>     /* skb->nh should be correctly
>        set by sender, so that the second statement is
>        just protection against buggy protocols.
>      */
>     skb2->mac.raw = skb2->data;
> 
>     if (skb2->nh.raw < skb2->data || skb2->nh.raw > skb2->tail) {
>             if (net_ratelimit())
>                     printk(KERN_DEBUG "protocol %04x is buggy, dev %s\n",
> 			   skb2->protocol, dev->name);
>             skb2->nh.raw = skb2->data;
>     }

Sure I know thats it, but I remember checking the code which resulted
in nothing. Don't remember details, so I'll look at it again.
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Krzysztof Halasa
Network Administrator