netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Remove extra call to ip6_convert

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Date:   Wed, 26 Sep 2018 19:58:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Remove extra call to ip6_convert_metrics
 for multipath case

From: dsahern@...nel.org
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 17:35:14 -0700

> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> The change to move metrics from the dst to rt6_info moved the call
> to ip6_convert_metrics from ip6_route_add to ip6_route_info_create. In
> doing so it makes the call in ip6_route_info_append redundant and
> actually leaks the metrics installed as part of the ip6_route_info_create.
> Remove the now unnecessary call.
> 
> Fixes: d4ead6b34b67f ("net/ipv6: move metrics from dst to rt6_info")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks David.