Re: [PATCH] ndisc: Ensure to reserve header space for encapsulation.

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 2012-12-25 at 23:39 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> We allocate sk_buff of MAX_HEADER + LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev) + packet
> length + dev->needed_tailroom, but reserved LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev)
> only.  This means that space for encapsulation was placed at the end
> of buffer.  This does not make sense.
> 
> Reserve the space correctly, like this:
> 
> head                       data                   tail       end
> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> +                |           |                      |          |
> +--------------------------------------------------------------+
> |<--MAX_HEADER-->|<-hlen---->|<---ipv6 packet------>|<--tlen-->|
>                    =LL_
>                     RESERVED_
>                     SPACE(dev)
> 
> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/ndisc.c |    4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
> index 6574175..5f78ac2 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/ndisc.c
> @@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ndisc_build_skb(struct net_device *dev,
>  		return NULL;
>  	}
>  
> -	skb_reserve(skb, hlen);
> +	skb_reserve(skb, MAX_HEADER + hlen);
>  	ip6_nd_hdr(sk, skb, dev, saddr, daddr, IPPROTO_ICMPV6, len);
>  
>  	skb->transport_header = skb->tail;
> @@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@ void ndisc_send_redirect(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct in6_addr *target)
>  		goto release;
>  	}
>  
> -	skb_reserve(buff, hlen);
> +	skb_reserve(buff, MAX_HEADER + hlen);
>  	ip6_nd_hdr(sk, buff, dev, &saddr_buf, &ipv6_hdr(skb)->saddr,
>  		   IPPROTO_ICMPV6, len);
>  

It looks like this MAX_HEADER reserve is not needed at all.

Space for encapsulation should already be in 
int hlen = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(dev);

arp_create() for example doesnt add this MAX_HEADER 

If extra encapsulation is needed (at head or at tail), it really should
be documented.