netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.23 take2] UDP: Cleanup UDP encapsulation code

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Date:	Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:55:17 +0300
From:	Rémi Denis-Courmont 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>
To:	"ext James Chapman" <jchapman@...alix.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.23 take2] UDP: Cleanup UDP encapsulation code

On Thursday 05 July 2007 20:25:50 ext James Chapman wrote:
> Rémi Denis-Courmont wrote:
> > By the way, couldn't encap_type be remove altogether (using two slightly
> > different callbacks for ESP) from udp_sock?
>
> The notion of encap_type is needed for the setsockopt call so it would
> have to stay in the API. If it were removed from udp_sock, getsockopt
> would have to derive the encap_type from encap_rcv funcptr values, which
> would be messy. I think it might complicate the logic in ESP too.

Right. By the way, shouldn't "len" rather be signed in there?

		unsigned int len;

		/* if we're overly short, let UDP handle it */
		len = skb->len - sizeof(struct udphdr);
		if (len <= 0)
			goto udp;


Regards,

-- 
Rémi Denis-Courmont
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