netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Remove hoplimit initialization to -1

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Message-Id: <20110421.172501.245406861.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 21 Apr 2011 17:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	thomas.egerer@...unet.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Remove hoplimit initialization to -1

From: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:56:02 +0200

> 
> The changes introduced with git-commit a02e4b7d missed to remove the
> hoplimit initialization. As a result, ipv6_get_mtu interprets the return
> value of dst_metric_raw (-1) as 255 and answers ping6 with this hoplimit.
> This patche removes the line such that ping6 is answered with the
> hoplimit value configured via sysctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@...unet.com>

Sorry for breaking this, patch applied.

Thanks!
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