[PATCH AUTOSEL 4.4 4/4] drivers/net/wan/hdlc: Set skb->protocol before transmitting

From: Sasha Levin
Date: Mon Sep 28 2020 - 21:32:39 EST


From: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 9fb030a70431a2a2a1b292dbf0b2f399cc072c16 ]

This patch sets skb->protocol before transmitting frames on the HDLC
device, so that a user listening on the HDLC device with an AF_PACKET
socket will see outgoing frames' sll_protocol field correctly set and
consistent with that of incoming frames.

1. Control frames in hdlc_cisco and hdlc_ppp

When these drivers send control frames, skb->protocol is not set.

This value should be set to htons(ETH_P_HDLC), because when receiving
control frames, their skb->protocol is set to htons(ETH_P_HDLC).

When receiving, hdlc_type_trans in hdlc.h is called, which then calls
cisco_type_trans or ppp_type_trans. The skb->protocol of control frames
is set to htons(ETH_P_HDLC) so that the control frames can be received
by hdlc_rcv in hdlc.c, which calls cisco_rx or ppp_rx to process the
control frames.

2. hdlc_fr

When this driver sends control frames, skb->protocol is set to internal
values used in this driver.

When this driver sends data frames (from upper stacked PVC devices),
skb->protocol is the same as that of the user data packet being sent on
the upper PVC device (for normal PVC devices), or is htons(ETH_P_802_3)
(for Ethernet-emulating PVC devices).

However, skb->protocol for both control frames and data frames should be
set to htons(ETH_P_HDLC), because when receiving, all frames received on
the HDLC device will have their skb->protocol set to htons(ETH_P_HDLC).

When receiving, hdlc_type_trans in hdlc.h is called, and because this
driver doesn't provide a type_trans function in struct hdlc_proto,
all frames will have their skb->protocol set to htons(ETH_P_HDLC).
The frames are then received by hdlc_rcv in hdlc.c, which calls fr_rx
to process the frames (control frames are consumed and data frames
are re-received on upper PVC devices).

Cc: Krzysztof Halasa <khc@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0141@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c | 1 +
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c | 3 +++
drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c | 1 +
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
index f8ed079d8bc3e..7a6f851d9843a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_cisco.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ static void cisco_keepalive_send(struct net_device *dev, u32 type,
skb_put(skb, sizeof(struct cisco_packet));
skb->priority = TC_PRIO_CONTROL;
skb->dev = dev;
+ skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
skb_reset_network_header(skb);

dev_queue_xmit(skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
index 89541cc90e877..74d46f7e77eaa 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_fr.c
@@ -435,6 +435,8 @@ static netdev_tx_t pvc_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
if (pvc->state.fecn) /* TX Congestion counter */
dev->stats.tx_compressed++;
skb->dev = pvc->frad;
+ skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
+ skb_reset_network_header(skb);
dev_queue_xmit(skb);
return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}
@@ -557,6 +559,7 @@ static void fr_lmi_send(struct net_device *dev, int fullrep)
skb_put(skb, i);
skb->priority = TC_PRIO_CONTROL;
skb->dev = dev;
+ skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
skb_reset_network_header(skb);

dev_queue_xmit(skb);
diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
index 4842344a96f1d..5d32af3ebcc76 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_ppp.c
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ static void ppp_tx_cp(struct net_device *dev, u16 pid, u8 code,

skb->priority = TC_PRIO_CONTROL;
skb->dev = dev;
+ skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_HDLC);
skb_reset_network_header(skb);
skb_queue_tail(&tx_queue, skb);
}
--
2.25.1