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SubjectRe: [PATCH] forcedeth: fix random memory scribbling bug
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> However, that
>
> "skb->end - skb->data"
>
> calculation is a bit strange. It correctly maps the whole skb, but

nod


> wouldn't it make more sense to use the length we actually tell the card to
> use?
>
> In other words, wouldn't it be a whole lot more sensible and logical to
> use
>
> np->rx_buf_sz
>
> instead? That's the value we use for allocation and that's the size we
> tell the card we have.

That's the sort of thing I prefer.


> Of course, on the alloc path, it seems to add an additional
> "NV_RX_ALLOC_PAD" thing, so maybe the "end-data" thing makes sense.

None of the other ethernet drivers do 'end - data', which is why I
hesitated quite a bit on this change.

Jeff


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