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authorWillem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>2017-02-03 18:20:49 -0500
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2017-02-18 16:39:27 +0100
commit0db25098cb6c69298d3a496224586fc674217381 (patch)
tree1588962d92fcd20e64bf7ad502d6d31934f4c672 /drivers/net/ethernet
parent625bd9e43b3b6a5d796c6a5bac660dc405a60fa2 (diff)
macvtap: read vnet_hdr_size once
[ Upstream commit 837585a5375c38d40361cfe64e6fd11e1addb936 ] When IFF_VNET_HDR is enabled, a virtio_net header must precede data. Data length is verified to be greater than or equal to expected header length tun->vnet_hdr_sz before copying. Macvtap functions read the value once, but unless READ_ONCE is used, the compiler may ignore this and read multiple times. Enforce a single read and locally cached value to avoid updates between test and use. Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com> Suggested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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