netdev - Re: [PATCH] ndisc: Ensure to reserve header space for encapsulation.

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Date:	Wed, 26 Dec 2012 11:21:33 -0800
From:	Eric Dumazet <erdnetdev@...il.com>
To:	YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ndisc: Ensure to reserve header space for
 encapsulation.

On Thu, 2012-12-27 at 04:08 +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:

> Current code does not make sense, at least.
> 
> Please refer to my previous posting: "[GIT PULL net-next 01/17]
> ndisc: Fix size calculation for headers." around Dec/19.
> 
> My previous patch did remove MAX_HEADER from allocation.

Yes, but the changelog was misleading, and David misunderstood it.

If you really explain why its safe to remove MAX_HEADER, I think
your patch would make sense.

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