Re: [PATCH] net: exit immediately when encounter ipv6 fragment in skb_checksum_setup_ipv6()

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Aug 27 2020 - 12:12:47 EST


From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2020 07:21:59 -0400

> skb_checksum_setup_ipv6() always return -EPROTO if ipv6 packet is fragment.
> So we should not continue to parse other header type in this case. Also
> remove unnecessary local variable 'fragment'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>

Again, this optimization is arguable at best. The code functions fine and
correctly as-is.

I'm not applying this, sorry.