Re: [net v3] drivers/net/wan/lapbether: Use needed_headroom instead of hard_header_len

[Xie He]

Thanks!

On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 2:50 AM Willem de Bruijn
<willemdebruijn.kernel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It's [PATCH net v3], not [net v3]

Sorry. My mistake. I'll pay attention next time.

I'm currently thinking about changing the subject to reflect that we
added a "skb->len" check. Should I number the new patch as v1 or
continue to number it as v4?

> > +       if (skb->len < 1)
> > +               goto drop;
> > +
>
> Might be worth a comment along the lines of: /* upper layers pass a
> control byte. must validate pf_packet input */

OK. I'll add the comment before it to make its meaning clearer.

> > +       dev->hard_header_len = 0;
>
> Technically not needed. The struct is allocated with kvzalloc, z for
> __GFP_ZERO. Fine to leave if intended as self-describing comment, of
> course.

Thanks for pointing out! I think I can leave it as a self-describing comment.

Thanks!