netdev - Re: [PATCH RESEND] ipv6: return with appropriate error code when sending RH0 using setsockopt()

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Message-Id: <20080903.022303.84950778.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:23:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shanwei@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND] ipv6: return with appropriate error code when
 sending RH0 using setsockopt()

From: Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2008 16:41:06 +0800

>  I'm sorry to resend the patch, for that no one replied it from Jun 27.
> 
>  The kernel had removed the RH0(Type 0 Routing Header), but we can still
>  send IPv6 packet with RH0 using sendmsg() or setsockopt().
> 
>  Compare with sendmsg() that returns EINVAL, but setsockopt() return EPERM.
>  The patch fix it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>

I've tried to defer IPV6 patches that have semantic issues to an
expert such as Yoshifuji-san, but he has dropped off the face of the
planet for a while.

I'll take a look at this if I get a chance.
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