netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Make icmp route lookup code a bit clearer.

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Date:	Wed, 2 Mar 2011 15:02:51 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Make icmp route lookup code a bit clearer.

On Tue, Mar 01, 2011 at 10:15:43PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> 
> The route lookup code in icmpv6_send() is slightly tricky as a result of
> having to handle all of the requirements of RFC 4301 host relookups.
> 
> Pull the route resolution into a seperate function, so that the error
> handling and route reference counting is hopefully easier to see and
> contained wholly within this new routine.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>

Looks good to me too.

Thanks,
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