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Message-Id: <20080318.181555.105003756.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Date:	Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:15:55 +0900 (JST)
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 
	<yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	ramirose@...il.com, davem@...emloft.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [IPV6] remove unused parameter (struct sock parameter)
 from ip6_route_output()

NAK; I have a plan to use it in net-2.6.26 tree.

--yoshfuji

In article <eb3ff54b0803180203h18cda4ceja6ae28033638d338@...l.gmail.com> (at Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:03:04 +0200), "Rami Rosen" <ramirose@...il.com> says:

> Hi,
> This patch removes the struct sock parameter from ip6_route_output();
> looking at the ip6_route_output() implementation in net/ipv6/route.c
> will show immediately that it is not used in this method.
> 
> In fact, icmp.c and ip6_output.c are the only places in the kernel
> where the sk (struct sock) parameter passed to ip6_route_output() is not NULL;
> anyhow, as explained above, this parameter is unused; changing
> the ip6_route_output() prototype by omitting the struct sock parameter
> does not break anything.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Rami Rosen
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Rami Rosen <ramirose@...il.com>
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