From: Changli Gao <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2011 18:44:59 +0800
> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 3:10 AM, David Miller <[email protected]> wrote: >> From: Changli Gao <[email protected]> >> Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2010 21:41:30 +0800 >> >>> Since nf_bridge_maybe_copy_header() may change the length of skb, >>> we should check the length of skb after it to handle the ppoe skbs. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Changli Gao <[email protected]> >> >> This is really strange. >> >> packet_length() subtracts VLAN_HLEN from the value it returns, so the >> correct fix seems to be to make this function handle the PPPOE case >> too. >> > > It is correct. The actual MTU of 802.1q frame is 4 bytes larger. For > example, the MTU of ethernet is normally 1500, however the actual MTU > of the 802.1Q is 1504. Yes, I understand this, but I don't see why packet_length() cannot simply account for PPPOE's encapsulation overhead just as it does for VLAN's special MTU considerations. _______________________________________________ Bridge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bridge
