batman-adv: Return reason for failure in batadv_check_unicast_packet()

batadv_check_unicast_packet() is changed to return a value based on the
reason to drop the packet, which will be useful information for
future users of batadv_check_unicast_packet().

Signed-off-by: Martin Hundebøll <martin@hundeboll.net>
Acked-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>
Signed-off-by: Marek Lindner <lindner_marek@yahoo.de>
Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <ordex@autistici.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/batman-adv/routing.c b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
index 5ee21cebbbb..322c97ac10c 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/routing.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/routing.c
@@ -548,27 +548,37 @@ batadv_find_ifalter_router(struct batadv_orig_node *primary_orig,
 	return router;
 }
 
+/**
+ * batadv_check_unicast_packet - Check for malformed unicast packets
+ * @skb: packet to check
+ * @hdr_size: size of header to pull
+ *
+ * Check for short header and bad addresses in given packet. Returns negative
+ * value when check fails and 0 otherwise. The negative value depends on the
+ * reason: -ENODATA for bad header, -EBADR for broadcast destination or source,
+ * and -EREMOTE for non-local (other host) destination.
+ */
 static int batadv_check_unicast_packet(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_size)
 {
 	struct ethhdr *ethhdr;
 
 	/* drop packet if it has not necessary minimum size */
 	if (unlikely(!pskb_may_pull(skb, hdr_size)))
-		return -1;
+		return -ENODATA;
 
 	ethhdr = (struct ethhdr *)skb_mac_header(skb);
 
 	/* packet with unicast indication but broadcast recipient */
 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_dest))
-		return -1;
+		return -EBADR;
 
 	/* packet with broadcast sender address */
 	if (is_broadcast_ether_addr(ethhdr->h_source))
-		return -1;
+		return -EBADR;
 
 	/* not for me */
 	if (!batadv_is_my_mac(ethhdr->h_dest))
-		return -1;
+		return -EREMOTE;
 
 	return 0;
 }