Messages in this thread | | | From | Willem de Bruijn <> | Date | Fri, 30 Oct 2020 12:30:49 -0400 | Subject | Re: [PATCH net-next v4 3/5] net: hdlc_fr: Improve the initial checks when we receive an skb |
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On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 10:33 PM Xie He <xie.he.0141@gmail.com> wrote: > > 1. > Change the skb->len check from "<= 4" to "< 4". > At first we only need to ensure a 4-byte header is present. We indeed > normally need the 5th byte, too, but it'd be more logical and cleaner > to check its existence when we actually need it. > > 2. > 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?
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