netdev - Re: [PATCH BUG-FIX] ipv6: allow to send packet after receiving ICMPv6 Too Big message with MTU field less than IPV6_MIN

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Date:	Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:49:02 +0800
From:	Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org >> YOSHIFUJI Hideaki" 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	魏勇军 <yjwei@...fujitsu.com>,
	vladislav.yasevich@...com, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com, sri@...ibm.com,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH BUG-FIX] ipv6: allow to send packet after receiving	ICMPv6
 Too Big message with MTU field less than  IPV6_MIN_MTU

Herbert Xu wrote, at 04/19/2010 11:55 AM:
> 
> The patch looks good to me.

Thanks for reviewing this patch.

> If we wanted to optimise the allfrags case it may be better
> to reserve the space beforehand and generate the fragment header
> at the same time as we're doing the IPv6 header.
> 
> But it can't be all that important as it's been broken for so
> many years.

If somebody needs one patch to fix the broken,
I am pleased to do so. 

-- 
Best Regards
-----
Shan Wei


> 
> Thanks,


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