netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: unneccessary to get address prefix in addrconf_get_prefix

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Message-ID: <20131223123715.GN14073@order.stressinduktion.org>
Date:	Mon, 23 Dec 2013 13:37:15 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	roy.qing.li@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: unneccessary to get address prefix in addrconf_get_prefix_route

On Mon, Dec 23, 2013 at 09:32:38AM +0800, roy.qing.li@...il.com wrote:
> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>
> 
> Since addrconf_get_prefix_route inputs the address prefix to fib6_locate,
> which does not uses the data which is out of the prefix_len length,
> so do not need to use ipv6_addr_prefix to get address prefix.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@...il.com>

It was necessary before (a long time ago) but when switching to fib_locate* it
became unnecessary.

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
 
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