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

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Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:33:21 -0500
From:	Steve Chen <schen@...sta.com>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	rick.jones2@...com, mhuth@...sta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Multicast packet reassembly can fail

On Thu, 2009-10-29 at 14:04 -0400, Herbert Xu wrote:
> 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" :)

I like that solution.  May be I can even use the first letter of every
line to send a "special" message to the customer :)

Steve

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