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Date:	Tue, 17 Nov 2015 03:41:35 +0100
From:	"Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	Sowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@...cle.com>,
	Jiri Benc <jbenc@...hat.com>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Routing loops & TTL tracking with tunnel devices

Hi Eric,

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com> wrote:
> There is very little chance we'll accept a new member in sk_buff, unless
> proven needed.

I actually have no intention of doing this! I'm wondering if there
already is a member in sk_buff that moonlights as my desired ttl
counter, or if there's another mechanism for avoiding routing loops. I
want to work with what's already there, rather than meddling with the
innards of important and memory sensitive structures such as sk_buff.
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