Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 3 Nov 2002 14:08:49 +0200 (EET) | From | Pekka Savola <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] IPv6: Functions Clean-up |
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On Sun, 3 Nov 2002, Andras Kis-Szabo wrote: > > - export route6_me_harder() as ip6_route_harder() and > > use it from net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6_queue.c. > Opsz! > At the extension parser code we got that decision that we should use > our own parser in the Netfilter code! (And we should not to trust in the > kernel.) > This patch removes one function from the Netfilter code and forces the > Netfilter to use a similar function from the kernel's one!
And why is that a problem?
If there is a problem in main kernel code, it should fixed. If the netfilter version is better, the main kernel code should be changed.
Are there specific reasons to keep them separate?
-- Pekka Savola "Tell me of difficulties surmounted, Netcore Oy not those you stumble over and fall" Systems. Networks. Security. -- Robert Jordan: A Crown of Swords
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