netdev - Re: [PATCH] Multicast packet reassembly can fail

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Message-ID: <20091029180450.GA31044@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:04:51 -0400
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Steve Chen <schen@...sta.com>
Cc:	rick.jones2@...com, mhuth@...sta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Multicast packet reassembly can fail

Steve Chen <schen@...sta.com> wrote:
>
> of the interface that the application is expecting the packet.  It
> appears to bind on interface based on that casual observation.  I'll
> have to study the code in detail to be able to say for sure.

Well if it does bind to the interface then that explains the
failure. And the fix is "if it hurts, don't do it" :)

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