netdev - Re: [patch net] udp6: respect IPV6_DONTFRAG sockopt in case there are pending frames

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Date:	Wed, 2 Oct 2013 22:45:51 +0200
From:	Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	hannes@...essinduktion.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...sh.net,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [patch net] udp6: respect IPV6_DONTFRAG sockopt in case there
 are pending frames

Wed, Oct 02, 2013 at 10:00:28PM CEST, davem@...emloft.net wrote:
>From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
>Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2013 00:03:54 +0200
>
>> Hi David!
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 11:21:55PM +0200, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote:
>>> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
>> 
>> (for patchwork correspondence)
>> 
>> I still think this patch is perfectly fine but it opens up a hole in the
>> ip6_append_data logic where it is possible to crash the kernel. Jiri and me
>> will look after it in the thread " ipv6: udp packets following an UFO enqueued
>> packet need also be handled by UFO".
>> 
>> So, for the time being, I would like to withdraw my Acked-by until this is
>> sorted out.
>
>Jiri please repost the IPV6_DONTFRAG patch once things are sorted, thanks.

allright
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