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net: filter: fix the comments 

1. sk_run_filter has been renamed, sk_filter() is using SK_RUN_FILTER.
2. Remove wrong comments about storing intermediate value.
3. replace sk_run_filter with __bpf_prog_run for check_load_and_stores's
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Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@plumgrid.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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Li RongQing 2014-10-10 13:56:51 +08:00 committed by David S. Miller
parent 1a9525f68e
commit 8ea6e345a6
1 changed files with 3 additions and 6 deletions
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@ -51,9 +51,9 @@
* @skb: buffer to filter
*
* Run the filter code and then cut skb->data to correct size returned by
* sk_run_filter. If pkt_len is 0 we toss packet. If skb->len is smaller
* SK_RUN_FILTER. If pkt_len is 0 we toss packet. If skb->len is smaller
* than pkt_len we keep whole skb->data. This is the socket level
* wrapper to sk_run_filter. It returns 0 if the packet should
* wrapper to SK_RUN_FILTER. It returns 0 if the packet should
* be accepted or -EPERM if the packet should be tossed.
*
*/
@ -565,12 +565,9 @@ err:
}
/* Security:
*
* A BPF program is able to use 16 cells of memory to store intermediate
* values (check u32 mem[BPF_MEMWORDS] in sk_run_filter()).
*
* As we dont want to clear mem[] array for each packet going through
* sk_run_filter(), we check that filter loaded by user never try to read
* __bpf_prog_run(), we check that filter loaded by user never try to read
* a cell if not previously written, and we check all branches to be sure
* a malicious user doesn't try to abuse us.
*/