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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2005-09-27 00:23:58 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>2005-09-27 00:23:58 +0200
commitb85daee0e497c8fe7c4dc3531674ede645b37cdf (patch)
tree632a691e2ae8596584bad087c37e30079eab2f37 /net/packet
parent[IPV6]: Fix [Bug 5306] Oops on IPv6 route lookup (diff)
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[AF_PACKET]: Remove bogus checks added to packet_sendmsg().
These broke existing apps, and the checks are superfluous as the values being verified aren't even used. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/packet')
-rw-r--r--net/packet/af_packet.c6
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index ee865d88183b..6a67a87384cc 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -761,12 +761,6 @@ static int packet_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
if (dev->hard_header) {
int res;
err = -EINVAL;
- if (saddr) {
- if (saddr->sll_halen != dev->addr_len)
- goto out_free;
- if (saddr->sll_hatype != dev->type)
- goto out_free;
- }
res = dev->hard_header(skb, dev, ntohs(proto), addr, NULL, len);
if (sock->type != SOCK_DGRAM) {
skb->tail = skb->data;