From b85daee0e497c8fe7c4dc3531674ede645b37cdf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@sunset.davemloft.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:23:58 -0700
Subject: [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>
---
net/packet/af_packet.c | 6 ------
1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
(limited to 'net')
diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index ee865d8818..6a67a87384 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;
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