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From: "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com>
To: David Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com>
Cc: netdev@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: MLD compatibility mode doesn't account for extension headers [PATCH]
Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 16:46:21 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20031121164621.277f283d.davem@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <OF7F1DDE00.E61D92DC-ON88256DE6.00004F45@us.ibm.com>

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 17:08:07 -0700
David Stevens <dlstevens@us.ibm.com> wrote:

>       The MLD v1 compatibility mode checks don't account for the
> fact that extension headers are included in the ipv6 payload_len field.
> That makes MLDv1 queries that include extension headers (like
> Router Alert) appear to be v2 packets.
>       The below patch fixes the problem.

Looks good.  I assume that all extension headers must appear
_before_ the igmp stuff, and therefore no other headers may
appear afterwards.

I'll apply this, thanks.

  reply	other threads:[~2003-11-22  0:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2003-11-22  0:08 MLD compatibility mode doesn't account for extension headers [PATCH] David Stevens
2003-11-22  0:46 ` David S. Miller [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2003-11-22  2:29 David Stevens

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