netdev - Re: [PATCH] net: Fix GRE RX to use skb_transport

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Date:	Mon, 08 Sep 2014 08:50:44 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: Fix GRE RX to use skb_transport_header for GRE
 header offset

On Mon, 2014-09-08 at 08:29 -0700, Tom Herbert wrote:
> GRE assumes that the GRE header is at skb_network_header +
> ip_hrdlen(skb). It is more general to use skb_transport_header
> and this allows the possbility of inserting additional header
> between IP and GRE (which is what we will done in Generic UDP
> Encapsulation for GRE).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tom Herbert <therbert@...gle.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv4/gre_demux.c | 5 ++---
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

I am always confused why you do not include prior Acked-by when you
repost same patch.

This forces me to add it again.

Note this should be a net-next patch, right ?

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>


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