Subject: Re: Help: major pppoe regression since 2.6.35 (panic on first ppp conection)?

From: Joel Soete <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 11:02:55 +0000

Hello Eric,

On 12/22/2010 04:25 PM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
[snip]
>
> Something overwrites nr_frags in skb_shinfo(skb)
>
> As skb_shinfo follows head portion of an skb, something overflows skb
> head
>
> Please try adding some room like in following patch ?
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> index e6ba898..adf2834 100644
> --- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
> +++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
> @@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ enum {
>    * the end of the header data, ie. at skb->end.
>    */
>   struct skb_shared_info {
> +	char		filler[64];
>   	unsigned short	nr_frags;
>   	unsigned short	gso_size;
>   	/* Warning: this field is not always filled in (UFO)! */
>
Sorry for delay but I have good news, I am sending this answer from:
$ uname -a
Linux sidh2 2.6.37-rc7-amd64-t1 #1 SMP Thu Dec 23 10:30:27 GMT 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux

with your tips ;<) (without kernel had already died)

That said how can find stuff overflowing skb head? (all I say, is that this issue started with 2.6.34-git6???)

Thanks a lot,
	J.