[ovs-dev] [PATCH] datapath: Remove custom version of ipv6_skip_exthdr().

Ben Pfaff blp at nicira.com
Fri Dec 2 19:06:32 UTC 2011


On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 06:31:28PM -0800, Jesse Gross wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 01, 2011 at 04:24:07PM -0800, Jesse Gross wrote:
> >> We currently have a version of ipv6_skip_exthdr() which is
> >> identical to the main one with the addition of fragment reporting.
> >> We can propose our version for upstream and then use it directly
> >> without duplication.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jesse Gross <jesse at nicira.com>
> >
> > The case of a IPv6 fragment header with frag_off of 0 is really odd. ??I
> > guess that this code handles it acceptably (treating it the same as an
> > unfragmented packet) but this new behavior differs, I believe, from
> > userspace treatment of such a packet, and so I believe that the patch
> > should also update lib/flow.c
>
> [...responses...]

Thanks, all that looks good to me.

Acked-by: Ben Pfaff <blp at nicira.com>



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