netdev - Re: [PATCH V4 net 2/2] net: fix tcp reset packet flowlabel for ipv6

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Date:   Wed, 2 Aug 2017 18:33:20 -0700
From:   Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
To:     Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org>
Cc:     Linux Kernel Network Developers <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Shaohua Li <shli@...com>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Florent Fourcot <flo@...rcot.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 net 2/2] net: fix tcp reset packet flowlabel for ipv6

On Tue, Aug 1, 2017 at 2:42 PM, Shaohua Li <shli@...nel.org> wrote:
> Is this really better? I don't see any point. I'd use my original patch other
> than this one. that said, there are just several lines of code, brutally
> 'abstract' them into a function doesn't make the code better.

The current ip6_make_flowlabel() is already a mess, with your
change you just make it worse to read. I just want to make it suck
less.