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yaml
---
r: 351695
b: refs/heads/master
c: be286ba
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  351693: 25f2580
  351691: f90b098
  351687: dc85079
  351679: 3d1da36
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d904d3edcbb26efc86ea3575bb4265559801a94b
+refs/heads/master: be286bafe1f4069094865264f29805854c5788bf

trunk/net/can/gw.c

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
@@ -58,14 +59,25 @@
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 
-#define CAN_GW_VERSION "20101209"
-static __initconst const char banner[] =
-	KERN_INFO "can: netlink gateway (rev " CAN_GW_VERSION ")\n";
+#define CAN_GW_VERSION "20130117"
+#define CAN_GW_NAME "can-gw"
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("PF_CAN netlink gateway");
 MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Oliver Hartkopp <oliver.hartkopp@volkswagen.de>");
-MODULE_ALIAS("can-gw");
+MODULE_ALIAS(CAN_GW_NAME);
+
+#define CGW_MIN_HOPS 1
+#define CGW_MAX_HOPS 6
+#define CGW_DEFAULT_HOPS 1
+
+static unsigned int max_hops __read_mostly = CGW_DEFAULT_HOPS;
+module_param(max_hops, uint, S_IRUGO);
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(max_hops,
+		 "maximum " CAN_GW_NAME " routing hops for CAN frames "
+		 "(valid values: " __stringify(CGW_MIN_HOPS) "-"
+		 __stringify(CGW_MAX_HOPS) " hops, "
+		 "default: " __stringify(CGW_DEFAULT_HOPS) ")");
 
 static HLIST_HEAD(cgw_list);
 static struct notifier_block notifier;
@@ -339,8 +351,23 @@ static void can_can_gw_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 	struct sk_buff *nskb;
 	int modidx = 0;
 
-	/* do not handle already routed frames - see comment below */
-	if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))
+	/*
+	 * Do not handle CAN frames routed more than 'max_hops' times.
+	 * In general we should never catch this delimiter which is intended
+	 * to cover a misconfiguration protection (e.g. circular CAN routes).
+	 *
+	 * The Controller Area Network controllers only accept CAN frames with
+	 * correct CRCs - which are not visible in the controller registers.
+	 * According to skbuff.h documentation the csum_start element for IP
+	 * checksums is undefined/unsued when ip_summed == CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY.
+	 * Only CAN skbs can be processed here which already have this property.
+	 */
+
+#define cgw_hops(skb) ((skb)->csum_start)
+
+	BUG_ON(skb->ip_summed != CHECKSUM_UNNECESSARY);
+
+	if (cgw_hops(skb) >= max_hops)
 		return;
 
 	if (!(gwj->dst.dev->flags & IFF_UP)) {
@@ -371,15 +398,8 @@ static void can_can_gw_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Mark routed frames by setting some mac header length which is
-	 * not relevant for the CAN frames located in the skb->data section.
-	 *
-	 * As dev->header_ops is not set in CAN netdevices no one is ever
-	 * accessing the various header offsets in the CAN skbuffs anyway.
-	 * E.g. using the packet socket to read CAN frames is still working.
-	 */
-	skb_set_mac_header(nskb, 8);
+	/* put the incremented hop counter in the cloned skb */
+	cgw_hops(nskb) = cgw_hops(skb) + 1;
 	nskb->dev = gwj->dst.dev;
 
 	/* pointer to modifiable CAN frame */
@@ -903,7 +923,11 @@ static int cgw_remove_job(struct sk_buff *skb,  struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 
 static __init int cgw_module_init(void)
 {
-	printk(banner);
+	/* sanitize given module parameter */
+	max_hops = clamp_t(unsigned int, max_hops, CGW_MIN_HOPS, CGW_MAX_HOPS);
+
+	pr_info("can: netlink gateway (rev " CAN_GW_VERSION ") max_hops=%d\n",
+		max_hops);
 
 	cgw_cache = kmem_cache_create("can_gw", sizeof(struct cgw_job),
 				      0, 0, NULL);