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DateWed, 14 Nov 2001 12:13:10 +0100
FromTill Immanuel Patzschke <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] ppp_generic causes skput:under: w/ pppoatm andvc-encaps
"David S. Miller" wrote:

>    From: Till Immanuel Patzschke <tip@internetwork-ag.de>
>    Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 22:30:24 +0100
>
>    I've attached a patch, checking for headroom first, and - if necessary -
>    reallocating a larger buffer for the skb_push.
>
>    Please check and apply - or find a better fix!
>
> Here is my "better fix". In pppoatm, we should be increasing the
> device header length appropriately.  ie. dev->hard_header_len needs to
> be increased in the pppoatm driver when vc-encaps is used.

that is - of course - a more pppoatm specific fix BUT my concern ist that
PPP requires (!) to have at least 2 bytes headroom [when using PPP_FILTER]
(which is NOT noted), and isn't it good practice to check for room before
claiming it?


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