Re: [PATCH] bridge: reset IPCB in br_parse_ip_options

[Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@vyatta.com>]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2011 04:31:16 +0200
Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com> wrote:

> Le mercredi 13 avril 2011 à 14:48 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
> > From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
> > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:28:07 +0200
> > 
> > > Dont worry, Stephen or me will send it asap.
> > 
> > I'm looking forward to it :)
> 
> I was considering another way to handle this problem,
> patching ip_options_compile() to take care of null skb_dst() in slow
> path instead ?
> 
> What would be the best thing ?
> 
> diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
> index 28a736f..c10ad63 100644
> --- a/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
> +++ b/net/ipv4/ip_options.c
> @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ int ip_options_compile(struct net *net,
>  					pp_ptr = optptr + 2;
>  					goto error;
>  				}
> -				if (skb) {
> +				if (rt) {
>  					memcpy(&optptr[optptr[2]-1], &rt->rt_spec_dst, 4);
>  					opt->is_changed = 1;
>  				}
> @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ int ip_options_compile(struct net *net,
>  						goto error;
>  					}
>  					opt->ts = optptr - iph;
> -					if (skb) {
> +					if (rt)  {
>  						memcpy(&optptr[optptr[2]-1], &rt->rt_spec_dst, 4);
>  						timeptr = (__be32*)&optptr[optptr[2]+3];
>  					}
> 

I like this because it lets the bridge be transparent.
The existing options code adds entry in record route, and which
is not desirable.