Re: [Socketcan-users] [PATCH] CAN: make checking in can_rcv lessrestrictive

[Luotao Fu]

Hi Oliver (again ;-)),

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 10:17:40PM +0200, Luotao Fu wrote:
> Hi Oliver,
> 
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 06:48:23PM +0200, Oliver Hartkopp wrote:
> > 
....
> > When this BUG() triggers, someone provided a definitely broken *CAN* network
> > driver, and this needsfp to be fixed on that level. 
> 
> In our case a sender (a FPGA) generates correct can frames carrying
> wrong dlc length. This way the can driver on our side runs into the bug
> though the driver itself is allright. The opposite needed to be fixed,
> not our side.  Though we do suffer a system crash only because the
> sender sends trash into the can network. This is imo quite bad.
> 

/me answering myself
had a closer look again. Seemed you are right. The can driver should
have get the can_dlc right prior to passing the message a level higher.

cheers
Fu
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