netdev - Re: [RESEND PATCH net-next-2.6 3/3] ipv6 sit: Set relay to 0.0.0.0 directly if relay

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Date:	Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:03:19 +0900
From:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	eric.dumazet@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH net-next-2.6 3/3] ipv6 sit: Set relay to 0.0.0.0
	directly if relay_prefixlen == 0.

David Miller wrote:
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:32:41 +0200
> 
> > Sorry I dont get it
> > 
> > u32 val = any_value ;
> > u32 relay_prefix = val & htonl(0xffffffffUL << 32) should give 0
> > 
> > If not, something is broken and should be fixed.
> 
> Indeed, it's "x >> 32" which is undefined and has to be done as
> something like "(x >> 31) >> 1" when performed on a u32 object.
> 
> Yoshfuji is this patch really necessary?

Well, yes.
6rd allows 32 bit suffix (0 bit prefix).

--yoshfuji

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