The purpose of these skb->len checks in these drivers is to ensure that there is a header in the skb available to be read and pulled.
However, we already have the pskb_may_pull function for this purpose. The pskb_may_pull function also correctly handles non-linear skbs. (Also delete the word "check" in the comments because pskb_may_pull may do things other than simple checks in the case of non-linear skbs.) Cc: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.ker...@gmail.com> Cc: Martin Schiller <m...@dev.tdt.de> Signed-off-by: Xie He <xie.he.0...@gmail.com> --- drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c | 4 ++-- drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c | 4 ++-- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c index f52b9fed0593..891a7a918b29 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc_x25.c @@ -108,9 +108,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t x25_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev) int result; /* There should be a pseudo header of 1 byte added by upper layers. - * Check to make sure it is there before reading it. + * Make sure it is there before reading it. */ - if (skb->len < 1) { + if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 1)) { kfree_skb(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; } diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c b/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c index b6be2454b8bd..e0cf692357d6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/lapbether.c @@ -158,9 +158,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t lapbeth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, goto drop; /* There should be a pseudo header of 1 byte added by upper layers. - * Check to make sure it is there before reading it. + * Make sure it is there before reading it. */ - if (skb->len < 1) + if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 1)) goto drop; switch (skb->data[0]) { diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c b/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c index c418767a890a..b935a3e1d5f6 100644 --- a/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c +++ b/drivers/net/wan/x25_asy.c @@ -308,9 +308,9 @@ static netdev_tx_t x25_asy_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, } /* There should be a pseudo header of 1 byte added by upper layers. - * Check to make sure it is there before reading it. + * Make sure it is there before reading it. */ - if (skb->len < 1) { + if (!pskb_may_pull(skb, 1)) { kfree_skb(skb); return NETDEV_TX_OK; } -- 2.25.1