Arnaldo,

just a thought - I recall that there used to be a bug related to this,
which required to insert the following before sending an skb:
     
     memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(IPCB(skb)->opt))

This was about 1+1/2 .. 2 years ago and lead to crashes when the memset
was removed. Maybe with this solution the memsets are then no longer
necessary? The reference is
 * output.c:dccp_transmit_skb()
 * ipv4.c:dccp_v4_send_response()

Gerrit	

| commit eced67957ee99f7b5fafdc73a58bcd037a1789b2
| Author: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
| Date:   Fri Apr 4 14:10:23 2008 +0200
| 
|     [DCCP]: Fix skb->cb conflicts with IP
|     
|     dev_queue_xmit() and the other IP output functions expect to get a skb
|     with clear or properly initialized skb->cb. Unlike TCP and UDP, the
|     dccp_skb_cb doesn't contain a struct inet_skb_parm at the beginning,
|     so the DCCP-specific data is interpreted by the IP output functions.
|     This can cause false negatives for the conditional POST_ROUTING hook
|     invocation, making the packet bypass the hook.
|     
|     Add a inet_skb_parm/inet6_skb_parm union to the beginning of
|     dccp_skb_cb to avoid clashes. Also add a BUILD_BUG_ON to make
|     sure it fits in the cb.
|     
|     Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
| 
| diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
| index fe7726b..f44d492 100644
| --- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
| +++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
| @@ -325,6 +325,12 @@ static inline int dccp_bad_service_code(const struct sock *sk,
|   * This is used for transmission as well as for reception.
|   */
|  struct dccp_skb_cb {
| +	union {
| +		struct inet_skb_parm	h4;
| +#if defined(CONFIG_IPV6) || defined (CONFIG_IPV6_MODULE)
| +		struct inet6_skb_parm	h6;
| +#endif
| +	} header;
|  	__u8  dccpd_type:4;
|  	__u8  dccpd_ccval:4;
|  	__u8  dccpd_reset_code,
| diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
| index e3f5d37..c91d3c1 100644
| --- a/net/dccp/proto.c
| +++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
| @@ -1057,6 +1057,9 @@ static int __init dccp_init(void)
|  	int ehash_order, bhash_order, i;
|  	int rc = -ENOBUFS;
|  
| +	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct dccp_skb_cb) >
| +		     FIELD_SIZEOF(struct sk_buff, cb));
| +
|  	dccp_hashinfo.bind_bucket_cachep =
|  		kmem_cache_create("dccp_bind_bucket",
|  				  sizeof(struct inet_bind_bucket), 0,


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