From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH] clear skb cb on IP input Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:45:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20060724.234537.67563456.davem@davemloft.net> References: <44BD2636.1010105@yahoo.fr> <20060718194318.GA15572@gondor.apana.org.au> <44BE2703.8060907@yahoo.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: herbert@gondor.apana.org.au, chas3@users.sourceforge.net, shemminger@osdl.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org Return-path: Received: from dsl027-180-168.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([216.27.180.168]:20929 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751463AbWGYGpi (ORCPT ); Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:45:38 -0400 To: guichaz@yahoo.fr In-Reply-To: <44BE2703.8060907@yahoo.fr> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org From: Guillaume Chazarain Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2006 14:35:15 +0200 > Herbert Xu wrote : > > Probably. Patches are welcome :) > Here are they, in both case I checked that the stuff to clear > was not already cleared, but I could not produce any misbehavior > by writing random junk instead of clearing the data. All my tests > were on the loopback using UML. > > For IPv4, the added safety seems worth, but for IPv6 it's less clear. Both patches applied, thanks Guillaume.