netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH] ipsec: fix IPv4 AH alignment on 32 bits

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Date:	Fri, 28 Jan 2011 14:51:08 +1000
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	christophe.gouault@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] ipsec: fix IPv4 AH alignment on 32 bits

David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> We cannot just start rejecting the old 8-byte alignment on input if
> Linux has been using an 8-byte alignment since day one.
> 
> If you want this change to be considered seriously, you need to relax
> the AH4 input check.

I second your sentiment.  However, in this particular case it
would appear that our old implementation was also overly strict
in rejecting 32-bit alignment so even if we relax it now it still
wouldn't work with an old implementation once we reduce the padding
on output (unless you traffic was one-way only).

So perhaps an SA configuration flag is needed?

Cheers,
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