Return-path: Received: from mail-pd0-f175.google.com ([209.85.192.175]:56206 "EHLO mail-pd0-f175.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932109Ab3HGQR1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Aug 2013 12:17:27 -0400 Message-ID: <1375892245.4004.31.camel@edumazet-glaptop> (sfid-20130807_181800_940655_9ACBDBC9) Subject: Re: linux-next: Tree for Aug 7 From: Eric Dumazet To: Johannes Berg Cc: Phil Sutter , Sedat Dilek , Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, David Miller , Hannes Frederic Sowa , wireless , John Linville Date: Wed, 07 Aug 2013 09:17:25 -0700 In-Reply-To: <1375891974.8154.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> References: <20130807155443.a0355d0429f3e0b4ccbed261@canb.auug.org.au> <20130807155918.GA16263@orbit.nwl.cc> <1375891974.8154.1.camel@jlt4.sipsolutions.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 18:12 +0200, Johannes Berg wrote: > On Wed, 2013-08-07 at 17:59 +0200, Phil Sutter wrote: > > > The idea behind this patch is that users setting the protocol to > > something else probably do know better and so should be left alone. > > Regardless of that, I think that still the skb pointers would be changed > by this patch which would confuse the receiver of the SKB (device > driver), no? Has anyone verified that theory? :) Maybe receivers made wrong assumptions about some headers being set or not set ? A patch can uncover prior bugs. commit 76fe45812a3b134c3917 is an example of a fix we had to do because of another fix ;)