From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
To: "Kelleter, Günther" <GKelleter@datus.com>
Cc: "andrew.hendry@gmail.com" <andrew.hendry@gmail.com>,
"davem@davemloft.net" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"linux-x25@vger.kernel.org" <linux-x25@vger.kernel.org>,
"netdev@vger.kernel.org" <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] X.25: Fix address field length calculation
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:29:50 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1381858190.22110.25.camel@joe-AO722> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <525D5131.9070007@datus.com>
On Tue, 2013-10-15 at 14:29 +0000, Kelleter, Günther wrote:
> Addresses are BCD encoded, not ASCII. x25_addr_ntoa got it right.
[]
> Wrong length calculation leads to rejection of CALL ACCEPT packets.
[]
> diff --git a/net/x25/af_x25.c b/net/x25/af_x25.c
[]
> @@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int x25_parse_address_block(struct sk_buff *skb,
> }
> len = *skb->data;
> - needed = 1 + (len >> 4) + (len & 0x0f);
> + needed = 1 + ((len >> 4) + (len & 0x0f) + 1) / 2;
This calculation looks odd.
Perhaps use bcd.h instead?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-15 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-15 14:29 [PATCH] X.25: Fix address field length calculation Kelleter, Günther
2013-10-15 17:29 ` Joe Perches [this message]
2013-10-16 6:58 ` Kelleter, Günther
2013-10-16 8:56 ` David Laight
2013-10-17 11:02 ` Andrew Hendry
2013-10-17 12:09 ` Kelleter, Günther
2013-10-17 20:04 ` David Miller
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