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Merge branch 'do-not-use-rt_tos-for-ipv6-flowlabel'
authorJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:19:23 +0000 (22:19 -0700)
committerJakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:19:24 +0000 (22:19 -0700)
commitc0fa509e3963e50577e159bb0fc68b6d948e8b01
tree0ce31b098bb79f7f08e82de92de6d6ca25c1e3f4
parent22b7c8068eaf57264ba394de1c4a37240ea3b168
parenta564e8c1c42df3fba2d4087510f27cf0f9b7d513
Merge branch 'do-not-use-rt_tos-for-ipv6-flowlabel'

Matthias May says:

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Do not use RT_TOS for IPv6 flowlabel

According to Guillaume Nault RT_TOS should never be used for IPv6.

Quote:
RT_TOS() is an old macro used to interprete IPv4 TOS as described in
the obsolete RFC 1349. It's conceptually wrong to use it even in IPv4
code, although, given the current state of the code, most of the
existing calls have no consequence.

But using RT_TOS() in IPv6 code is always a bug: IPv6 never had a "TOS"
field to be interpreted the RFC 1349 way. There's no historical
compatibility to worry about.
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Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220805191906.9323-1-matthias.may@westermo.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>