netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: one more case for non-local saddr in ICMP

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.2.00.1108250842130.1634@ja.ssi.bg>
Date:	Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:25:31 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, herbert@...dor.hengli.com.au
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: one more case for non-local saddr in
 ICMP


	Hello,

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011, David Miller wrote:

> From: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:21:23 +0300 (EEST)
> 
> > 	May be there is one more case that we can avoid using
> > non-local source for ICMP errors: xfrm_lookup, num_xfrms = 0 when
> > reverse "Flow passes untransformed". Avoid using the input route
> > if xfrm_lookup returns same dst.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
> 
> Julian I'm going to defer on this patch unless you think there is
> a real pressing reason to apply it.

	No such reason, it solves a very very rare case.

Regards

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Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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