netdev - Re: [PATCH] IPv4: Remove check for ipv4_is_lbcast() that will always return false

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Message-Id: <20101012.122841.183039561.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:28:41 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	awalls@...metrocast.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] IPv4: Remove check for ipv4_is_lbcast() that will
 always return false

From: Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:10:21 -0400

> In making an IPv4 routing decision, packets with an all 1's broadcast
> destination are accepted as input packets, before being checked for being a
> martian.  Remove the martian check for the all 1's broadcast destination
> address.  Make the initial check for the all 1's broadcast destination
> address easier to read.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Walls <awalls@...metrocast.net>

Your email client corrupted this patch, by turning tab characters
into spaces, amongst other things.

Please give Documentation/email-clients.txt a read and resubmit this
patch after you have these issues sorted out.

Thank you.
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