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From: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
To: Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com>
Cc: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
	Network Development <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/5] net: hdlc_fr: Improve the initial checks when we receive an skb
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 17:20:04 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAF=yD-+fQMZxSWT-_XLvdO9bQA_8xTMry49WA-ZsrcOQcz6H2A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAJht_EOCba57aFarDYWU=Mhzn+k1ABn8HwgYt=Oq+kXijQPGvA@mail.gmail.com>

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 3:21 PM Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 9:31 AM Willem de Bruijn
> <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Add an fh->ea2 check to the initial checks in fr_rx. fh->ea2 == 1 means
> > > the second address byte is the final address byte. We only support the
> > > case where the address length is 2 bytes.
> >
> > Can you elaborate a bit for readers not intimately familiar with the codebase?
> >
> > Is there something in the following code that has this implicit
> > assumption on 2-byte address lengths?
>
> Yes, the address length must be 2 bytes, otherwise the 3rd and 4th
> bytes would not be the control and protocol fields as we assumed in
> the code.
>
> The frame format is specified in RFC 2427
> (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2427). We can see the overall frame
> format on Page 3. If the address length is longer than 2 bytes, all
> the following fields will be shifted behind.

Thanks for that context. If it's not captured in the code, it would be
great to include in the commit message.

From a quick scan, RFC 2427 does not appear to actually define the
Q.922 address. For that I ended up reading ITU-T doc "Q.922 : ISDN
data link layer specification for frame mode bearer services", section
3.2.

  reply	other threads:[~2020-10-30 21:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-30  2:28 [PATCH net-next v4 0/5] net: hdlc_fr: Improve fr_rx and add support for any Ethertype Xie He
2020-10-30  2:28 ` [PATCH net-next v4 1/5] net: hdlc_fr: Simpify fr_rx by using "goto rx_drop" to drop frames Xie He
2020-10-30 16:34   ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 20:01     ` Xie He
2020-10-30 21:11       ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 21:27         ` Xie He
2020-10-30  2:28 ` [PATCH net-next v4 2/5] net: hdlc_fr: Change the use of "dev" in fr_rx to make the code cleaner Xie He
2020-10-30  2:28 ` [PATCH net-next v4 3/5] net: hdlc_fr: Improve the initial checks when we receive an skb Xie He
2020-10-30 16:30   ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 19:21     ` Xie He
2020-10-30 21:20       ` Willem de Bruijn [this message]
2020-10-30 21:36         ` Xie He
2020-10-30  2:28 ` [PATCH net-next v4 4/5] net: hdlc_fr: Do skb_reset_mac_header for skbs received on normal PVC devices Xie He
2020-10-30 16:29   ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 20:08     ` Xie He
2020-10-30 21:28       ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 21:49         ` Xie He
2020-10-30 22:22           ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 22:52             ` Xie He
2020-10-30  2:28 ` [PATCH net-next v4 5/5] net: hdlc_fr: Add support for any Ethertype Xie He
2020-10-30 16:32   ` Willem de Bruijn
2020-10-30 19:29     ` Xie He
2020-10-30 21:25       ` Willem de Bruijn

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