From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
To: kaber@trash.net
Cc: netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] libxt_TOS: update linux kernel version list for backported fix
Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:15:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1314364516-7875-6-git-send-email-jengelh@medozas.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1314364516-7875-1-git-send-email-jengelh@medozas.de>
From: Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao <fernando@oss.ntt.co.jp>
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
---
extensions/libxt_TOS.man | 8 ++++----
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/extensions/libxt_TOS.man b/extensions/libxt_TOS.man
index f989674..58118ec 100644
--- a/extensions/libxt_TOS.man
+++ b/extensions/libxt_TOS.man
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ Binary XOR the TOS value with \fIbits\fP. (Mnemonic for \fB\-\-set\-tos\fP
\fIbits\fP\fB/0\fP. See NOTE below.)
.PP
NOTE: In Linux kernels up to and including 2.6.38, with the exception of
-longterm releases 2.6.32.42 (or later) and 2.6.33.15 (or later), there is a bug
-whereby IPv6 TOS mangling does not behave as documented and differs from the
-IPv4 version. The TOS mask indicates the bits one wants to zero out, so it needs
-to be inverted before applying it to the original TOS field. However, the
+longterm releases 2.6.32 (>=.42), 2.6.33 (>=.15), and 2.6.35 (>=.14), there is
+a bug whereby IPv6 TOS mangling does not behave as documented and differs from
+the IPv4 version. The TOS mask indicates the bits one wants to zero out, so it
+needs to be inverted before applying it to the original TOS field. However, the
aformentioned kernels forgo the inversion which breaks --set-tos and its
mnemonics.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-08-26 13:18 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-08-26 13:15 iptables fixes 2011-08-26 Jan Engelhardt
2011-08-26 13:15 ` [PATCH 1/5] libxt_string: simplify hex output routine Jan Engelhardt
2011-08-26 13:15 ` [PATCH 2/5] libxt_string: replace hex codes by char equivalents Jan Engelhardt
2011-08-26 13:15 ` [PATCH 3/5] src: remove unused IPTABLES_MULTI define Jan Engelhardt
2011-08-26 13:15 ` [PATCH 4/5] libxt_string: escape the escaping char too Jan Engelhardt
2011-08-26 13:15 ` Jan Engelhardt [this message]
2011-08-29 20:44 ` iptables fixes 2011-08-26 Jan Engelhardt
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