void (*cache_update)(struct hh_cache *hh,
const struct net_device *dev,
const unsigned char *haddr);
+ bool (*validate)(const char *ll_header, unsigned int len);
};
/* These flag bits are private to the generic network queueing
unsigned int mtu; /* interface MTU value */
unsigned short type; /* interface hardware type */
- unsigned short hard_header_len; /* hardware hdr length */
+ unsigned short hard_header_len; /* maximum hardware hdr length */
/* extra head- and tailroom the hardware may need, but not in all cases
* can this be guaranteed, especially tailroom. Some cases also use
return dev->header_ops->rebuild(skb);
}
+/* ll_header must have at least hard_header_len allocated */
+static inline bool dev_validate_header(const struct net_device *dev,
+ char *ll_header, int len)
+{
+ if (likely(len >= dev->hard_header_len))
+ return true;
+
+ if (capable(CAP_SYS_RAWIO)) {
+ memset(ll_header + len, 0, dev->hard_header_len - len);
+ return true;
+ }
+
+ if (dev->header_ops && dev->header_ops->validate)
+ return dev->header_ops->validate(ll_header, len);
+
+ return false;
+}
+
typedef int gifconf_func_t(struct net_device * dev, char __user * bufptr, int len);
extern int register_gifconf(unsigned int family, gifconf_func_t * gifconf);
static inline int unregister_gifconf(unsigned int family)