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Message-Id: <20080424.211953.52921169.yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 21:19:53 +0900 (JST) From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org> To: davem@...emloft.net Cc: ellre923@...il.com, wangchen@...fujitsu.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] RAW6: Do not allow set IPV6_CHECKSUM for ICMPv6 socket In article <20080424.034845.137470754.davem@...emloft.net> (at Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:48:45 -0700 (PDT)), David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> says: > From: "chen wang" <ellre923@...il.com> > Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:42:14 +0800 > > > 2008/4/20, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>: > > > RFC3542 tells that IPV6_CHECKSUM socket option in the IPPROTO_IPV6 > > > > > > > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > > Where in RFC3542 says that "only IPPROTO_IPV6 level" is not allowed to be > > set > > IPV6_CHECKSUM option on ICMPv6 socket? > > Yoshifuji-san, please address this question. > > I haven't applied this patch, and I won't until this is resolved > and discussed. RFC3542 discusses about IPPROTO_IPV6 level IPV6_CHECKSUM socket option only. IPPROTO_RAW level IPV6_CHECKSUM socket option is undocumented Linux extension. So, we are free to choose allowing setting that option on ICMPv6 socket as we have been doing. --yoshfuji -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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