netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: remove skb

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Message-Id: <20170126.183807.1779960028908976591.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 26 Jan 2017 18:38:07 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: remove skb_reserve in getroute

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:08:36 -0800

> Remove skb_reserve and skb_reset_mac_header from inet6_rtm_getroute. The
> allocated skb is not passed through the routing engine (like it is for
> IPv4) and has not since the beginning of git time.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

Good catch, applied, thanks David.