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Date:	Fri, 2 Aug 2013 10:51:19 -0300
From:	Werner Almesberger <werner@...esberger.net>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] icmpv6_filter: fix "_hdr" incorrectly being a
 pointer

"_hdr" should hold the ICMPv6 header while "hdr" is the pointer to it.
This worked by accident.

Signed-off-by: Werner Almesberger <werner@...esberger.net>
---
 net/ipv6/raw.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index c45f7a5..164fb5f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ found:
  */
 static int icmpv6_filter(const struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
-	struct icmp6hdr *_hdr;
+	struct icmp6hdr _hdr;
 	const struct icmp6hdr *hdr;
 
 	hdr = skb_header_pointer(skb, skb_transport_offset(skb),
-- 
1.8.1.2

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