netdev - Re: problem of "ipv4: revert Set rt->rt_iif more sanely on output routes."

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Date:	Thu, 07 Apr 2011 14:03:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: problem of "ipv4: revert Set rt->rt_iif more sanely on output
 routes."

From: OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2011 17:29:04 +0900

> I'm not sure
> 
> +	rth->rt_route_iif = 0;
> +	rth->rt_iif	= oldflp4->flowi4_oif ? : dev_out->ifindex;
> 
> is correct one or not. Please review.

I am pretty sure this is indeed correct.

In old code this read:

	rth->rt_iif	= oldflp->oif ? : dev_out->ifindex;

And rt->fl.iif was left without explicit setting, and thus left
as zero (dst_alloc() use to bzero entire rtable object).

So new code is equivalent and provides the necessary semantics.

I think your patch is correct and I will add it to net-2.6, thanks
again!

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