netdev - Re: [PATCH net RESEND v2] ipv6: fix route selection if kernel is not compiled with CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER

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Date:	Wed, 10 Jul 2013 17:36:33 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, petrus.lt@...il.com,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net RESEND v2] ipv6: fix route selection if kernel is
 not compiled with CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 23:00:12 +0200

> I changed the return value of rt6_check_neigh to:
>    1 in case of the dst entry validated
>   -1 in case of we had no dst_entry and we need to do rr now
>   -2 in case a we had a dst_entry and it did not validate

Please, at the very least, create an enumeration for this set of
possible return values.

Although I don't like how that RR boolean is passed around by
reference, I can't suggest anything better so I won't require
you to get rid of that.

Thanks.
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