[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 08/93] udp6: fix UDP/IPv6 encap resubmit path

From: Kamal Mostafa
Date: Tue Apr 26 2016 - 14:47:57 EST


4.2.8-ckt9 -stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Bill Sommerfeld <wsommerfeld@xxxxxxxxxx>

[ Upstream commit 59dca1d8a6725a121dae6c452de0b2611d5865dc ]

IPv4 interprets a negative return value from a protocol handler as a
request to redispatch to a new protocol. In contrast, IPv6 interprets a
negative value as an error, and interprets a positive value as a request
for redispatch.

UDP for IPv6 was unaware of this difference. Change __udp6_lib_rcv() to
return a positive value for redispatch. Note that the socket's
encap_rcv hook still needs to return a negative value to request
dispatch, and in the case of IPv6 packets, adjust IP6CB(skb)->nhoff to
identify the byte containing the next protocol.

Signed-off-by: Bill Sommerfeld <wsommerfeld@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/ipv6/udp.c | 6 ++----
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/udp.c b/net/ipv6/udp.c
index d96224d..1173557 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/udp.c
@@ -913,11 +913,9 @@ int __udp6_lib_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, struct udp_table *udptable,
ret = udpv6_queue_rcv_skb(sk, skb);
sock_put(sk);

- /* a return value > 0 means to resubmit the input, but
- * it wants the return to be -protocol, or 0
- */
+ /* a return value > 0 means to resubmit the input */
if (ret > 0)
- return -ret;
+ return ret;

return 0;
}
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