netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: add ipv6_addr_v4mapped

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Date:   Tue, 01 Oct 2019 13:08:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     edumazet@...gle.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] tcp: add ipv6_addr_v4mapped_loopback() helper

From: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>
Date: Tue,  1 Oct 2019 10:49:06 -0700

> tcp_twsk_unique() has a hard coded assumption about ipv4 loopback
> being 127/8
> 
> Lets instead use the standard ipv4_is_loopback() method,
> in a new ipv6_addr_v4mapped_loopback() helper.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Applied, thanks.