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authorEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2013-11-22 18:57:08 -0500
committerEric Paris <eparis@redhat.com>2013-11-22 18:57:54 -0500
commitfc582aef7dcc27a7120cf232c1e76c569c7b6eab (patch)
tree7d275dd4ceab6067b91e9a25a5f6338b425fbccd /net/core/skbuff.c
parent9175c9d2aed528800175ef81c90569d00d23f9be (diff)
parent5e01dc7b26d9f24f39abace5da98ccbd6a5ceb52 (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.12'
Linux 3.12 Conflicts: fs/exec.c
Diffstat (limited to 'net/core/skbuff.c')
-rw-r--r--net/core/skbuff.c19
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index 2c3d0f53d198..d81cff119f73 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -3500,17 +3500,22 @@ bool skb_try_coalesce(struct sk_buff *to, struct sk_buff *from,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(skb_try_coalesce);
/**
- * skb_scrub_packet - scrub an skb before sending it to another netns
+ * skb_scrub_packet - scrub an skb
*
* @skb: buffer to clean
- *
- * skb_scrub_packet can be used to clean an skb before injecting it in
- * another namespace. We have to clear all information in the skb that
- * could impact namespace isolation.
+ * @xnet: packet is crossing netns
+ *
+ * skb_scrub_packet can be used after encapsulating or decapsulting a packet
+ * into/from a tunnel. Some information have to be cleared during these
+ * operations.
+ * skb_scrub_packet can also be used to clean a skb before injecting it in
+ * another namespace (@xnet == true). We have to clear all information in the
+ * skb that could impact namespace isolation.
*/
-void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb)
+void skb_scrub_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, bool xnet)
{
- skb_orphan(skb);
+ if (xnet)
+ skb_orphan(skb);
skb->tstamp.tv64 = 0;
skb->pkt_type = PACKET_HOST;
skb->skb_iif = 0;