netdev - Re: [PATCH ] ipv6: handle the update of the NDISC_REDIRECT error code in icmpv6_err

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Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 2013 14:02:49 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	djduanjiong@...il.com
Cc:	duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH ] ipv6: handle the update of the NDISC_REDIRECT error
 code in icmpv6_err_convert

From: Duan Jiong <djduanjiong@...il.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 13:24:04 +0800

> 于 2013/9/19 0:36, David Miller 写道:
>> From: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
>> Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 20:04:48 +0800
>>
>>> From: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
>>>
>>> when dealing with redirect message in udpv6_err() and
>>> rawv6_err() the err shoud be assigned to 0, not EPROTO.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
>> No, you should fix this the same way you handled DCCP, but skipping
>> the whole socket error setting path for NDISC_REDIRECT.
> 
> Your meaning is that we should return directly after calling
> ip6_sk_redirect(), is that it?

It depends upon whether udp/raw sockets are expected to receive redirect
notifications this way, are they?  You seem to believe so.

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