netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv6: fix ipv6_cow_metrics for non DST

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Date:	Sat, 14 Feb 2015 20:28:25 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	kafai@...com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	kernel-team@...com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv6: fix ipv6_cow_metrics for non
 DST_HOST case

From: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 16:14:08 -0800

> ipv6_cow_metrics() currently assumes only DST_HOST routes require
> dynamic metrics allocation from inetpeer.  The assumption breaks
> when ndisc discovered router with RTAX_MTU and RTAX_HOPLIMIT metric.
> Refer to ndisc_router_discovery() in ndisc.c and note that dst_metric_set()
> is called after the route is created.
> 
> This patch creates the metrics array (by calling dst_cow_metrics_generic) in
> ipv6_cow_metrics().
 ...
> Fixes: 8e2ec639173f325 (ipv6: don't use inetpeer to store metrics for routes.)
> Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>

Applied, thank you.
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