[PATCH v5 3/5] can: do not copy the payload of RTR frames

Marc Kleine-Budde mkl at pengutronix.de
Thu Dec 9 23:35:45 PST 2021


On 07.12.2021 21:15:29, Vincent Mailhol wrote:
> The actual payload length of the CAN Remote Transmission Request (RTR)
> frames is always 0, i.e. nothing is transmitted on the wire. However,
                           ^^^^^^^
I've changed this to "no payload" to make it more unambiguous.

> those RTR frames still use the DLC to indicate the length of the
> requested frame.
> 
> For this reason, it is incorrect to copy the payload of RTR frames
> (the payload buffer would only contain garbage data). This patch
> encapsulates the payload copy in a check toward the RTR flag.
> 
> CC: Yasushi SHOJI <yashi at spacecubics.com>
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Mailhol <mailhol.vincent at wanadoo.fr>

Marc

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