netdev - Re: [[NET-NEXT]] Added dump function to recognise rpl extension header option(63)

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Message-ID: <20170504123337.GE13320@breakpoint.cc>
Date:   Thu, 4 May 2017 14:33:37 +0200
From:   Florian Westphal <fw@...len.de>
To:     Stefan Schmidt <stefan@....samsung.com>
Cc:     Andreas Bardoutsos <bardoutsos@...d.upatras.gr>,
        netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michael Richardson <mcr@...delman.ca>,
        "linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org" <linux-wpan@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [[NET-NEXT]] Added dump function to recognise rpl extension
 header option(63)

Stefan Schmidt <stefan@....samsung.com> wrote:
> ipv6: ext_header: add function to handle RPL option 0x63

But its not handled, is it?

The kernel tosses it because the RPL option/RFC says so
('nodes that do not understand this option on a received
 packet MUST discard the packet.').