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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: ip6_forward: perform skb->pkt_type
 check at the beginning
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:49:01 -0400 (EDT)
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From: roy.qing.li@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:10:20 +0800

> From: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com> 
> 
> Packets which have L2 address different from ours should be
> already filtered before entering into ip6_forward().
> 
> Perform that check at the beginning to avoid processing such packets.
> And use unlikely to optimise.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li RongQing <roy.qing.li@gmail.com>

Based upon Eric's feedback for your ipv4 patch, please remove
the unlikely() for this ipv6 one.