From c483e02614551e44ced3fe6eedda8e36d3277ccc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2013 11:37:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] af_packet: simplify VLAN frame check in packet_snd

For ethernet frames, eth_type_trans() already parses the header, so one
can skip this when checking the frame size.

Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 net/packet/af_packet.c | 15 ++++-----------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 2b1470de9e160..0c0f6c9a90e74 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -2333,23 +2333,16 @@ static int packet_snd(struct socket *sock,
 
 	if (dev->type == ARPHRD_ETHER) {
 		skb->protocol = eth_type_trans(skb, dev);
+		if (skb->protocol == htons(ETH_P_8021Q))
+			reserve += VLAN_HLEN;
 	} else {
 		skb->protocol = proto;
 		skb->dev = dev;
 	}
 
 	if (!gso_type && (len > dev->mtu + reserve + extra_len)) {
-		/* Earlier code assumed this would be a VLAN pkt,
-		 * double-check this now that we have the actual
-		 * packet in hand.
-		 */
-		struct ethhdr *ehdr;
-		skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
-		ehdr = eth_hdr(skb);
-		if (ehdr->h_proto != htons(ETH_P_8021Q)) {
-			err = -EMSGSIZE;
-			goto out_free;
-		}
+		err = -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto out_free;
 	}
 
 	skb->priority = sk->sk_priority;
-- 
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