netdev - Re: [PATCH net v3] ipv6/netfilter: Discard first fragment not including all headers

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Date:   Mon, 9 Nov 2020 14:16:58 -0800
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     "Georg Kohmann (geokohma)" <geokohma@...co.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "pablo@...filter.org" <pablo@...filter.org>,
        "kadlec@...filter.org" <kadlec@...filter.org>,
        "fw@...len.de" <fw@...len.de>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "kuznet@....inr.ac.ru" <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        "yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org" <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        "netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org" <netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "coreteam@...filter.org" <coreteam@...filter.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v3] ipv6/netfilter: Discard first fragment not
 including all headers

On Mon, 9 Nov 2020 22:08:47 +0000 Georg Kohmann (geokohma) wrote:
> >> +bool ipv6_frag_validate(struct sk_buff *skb, int start, u8 *nexthdrp)  
> > (a) why place this function in exthdrs_core? I don't see any header
> >     specific code here, IMO it belongs in reassembly.c.  
> 
> ipv6_frag_validate() is used in both reassembly.c and nf_conntrack_reasm.c
> Where should I put the prototype so it can be used both places?

The prototype can stay in net/ipv6.h