netdev - Re: [PATCH v2] nfs: fix dead code of ipv6_addr

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Date:	Mon, 23 Dec 2013 04:18:45 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	stable@...r.kernel.org, werner@...esberger.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] nfs: fix dead code of ipv6_addr_scope

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 12:01:16AM +0100, Alexander Aring wrote:
> This patch corrects the check on a linklocal address.
> 
> Currently this can't be work, because ipv6_addr_scope returns a int with
> a mask of IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_MASK (0x00f0U) and IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL
> is 0x02. So the condition is always false.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Aring <alex.aring@...il.com>

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

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