From: greearb@candelatech.com
To: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2 v2] network: Allow af_packet to transmit +4 bytes for VLAN packets.
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:35:18 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1297452918-16993-1-git-send-email-greearb@candelatech.com> (raw)
From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
This allows user-space to send a '1500' MTU VLAN packet on a
1500 MTU ethernet frame. The extra 4 bytes of a VLAN header is
not usually charged against the MTU when other parts of the
network stack is transmitting vlans...
Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
---
v2: Fix ETH_HLEN to be VLAN_HLEN
:100644 100644 91cb1d7... eb39d70... M net/packet/af_packet.c
net/packet/af_packet.c | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 91cb1d7..eb39d70 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ retry:
*/
err = -EMSGSIZE;
- if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len)
+ if (len > dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len + VLAN_HLEN)
goto out_unlock;
if (!skb) {
@@ -497,6 +497,19 @@ retry:
goto retry;
}
+ if (len > (dev->mtu + dev->hard_header_len)) {
+ /* Earlier code assumed this would be a VLAN pkt,
+ * double-check this now that we have the actual
+ * packet in hand.
+ */
+ struct ethhdr *ehdr;
+ skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+ ehdr = eth_hdr(skb);
+ if (ehdr->h_proto != htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
+ err = -EMSGSIZE;
+ goto out_unlock;
+ }
+ }
skb->protocol = proto;
skb->dev = dev;
@@ -1200,7 +1213,7 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
}
err = -EMSGSIZE;
- if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu+reserve))
+ if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + VLAN_HLEN))
goto out_unlock;
err = -ENOBUFS;
@@ -1225,6 +1238,20 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
if (err < 0)
goto out_free;
+ if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve)) {
+ /* Earlier code assumed this would be a VLAN pkt,
+ * double-check this now that we have the actual
+ * packet in hand.
+ */
+ struct ethhdr *ehdr;
+ skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
+ ehdr = eth_hdr(skb);
+ if (ehdr->h_proto != htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
+ err = -EMSGSIZE;
+ goto out_free;
+ }
+ }
+
skb->protocol = proto;
skb->dev = dev;
skb->priority = sk->sk_priority;
--
1.7.2.3
next reply other threads:[~2011-02-11 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-11 19:35 greearb [this message]
2011-02-11 22:18 ` [PATCH 2/2 v2] network: Allow af_packet to transmit +4 bytes for VLAN packets Eric Dumazet
2011-02-12 5:26 ` David Miller
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