netdev - [PATCH 5/5] ipv6: Eliminate dst_get_neighbour_noref() usage in ip6

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Date:	Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:03:51 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] ipv6: Eliminate dst_get_neighbour_noref() usage in
 ip6_forward().


It's only used to get at neigh->primary_key, which in this context is
always going to be the same as rt->rt6i_gateway.

Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
---
 net/ipv6/ip6_output.c |    8 +++-----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
index 604809b..7a98fc2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
@@ -388,7 +388,6 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	struct ipv6hdr *hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 	struct inet6_skb_parm *opt = IP6CB(skb);
 	struct net *net = dev_net(dst->dev);
-	struct neighbour *n;
 	u32 mtu;
 
 	if (net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding == 0)
@@ -463,8 +462,7 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	   send redirects to source routed frames.
 	   We don't send redirects to frames decapsulated from IPsec.
 	 */
-	n = dst_get_neighbour_noref(dst);
-	if (skb->dev == dst->dev && n && opt->srcrt == 0 && !skb_sec_path(skb)) {
+	if (skb->dev == dst->dev && opt->srcrt == 0 && !skb_sec_path(skb)) {
 		struct in6_addr *target = NULL;
 		struct rt6_info *rt;
 
@@ -474,8 +472,8 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 */
 
 		rt = (struct rt6_info *) dst;
-		if ((rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY))
-			target = (struct in6_addr*)&n->primary_key;
+		if (rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_GATEWAY)
+			target = &rt->rt6i_gateway;
 		else
 			target = &hdr->daddr;
 
-- 
1.7.7.5

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