Re: [PATCH] netvsc: Remove redundant use of ipv6_hdr()

From: Stephen Hemminger
Date: Wed Jul 19 2017 - 12:44:43 EST


On Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:19:28 +0200
Mohammed Gamal <mgamal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This condition already uses an object of type ipv6hdr in the line above.
> Use the object directly instead of calling ipv6_hdr
>
> Signed-off-by: Mohammed Gamal <mgamal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> index 63c98bb..06d591c 100644
> --- a/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> +++ b/drivers/net/hyperv/netvsc_drv.c
> @@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ static u32 net_checksum_info(struct sk_buff *skb)
>
> if (ip6->nexthdr == IPPROTO_TCP)
> return TRANSPORT_INFO_IPV6_TCP;
> - else if (ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr == IPPROTO_UDP)
> + else if (ip6->nexthdr == IPPROTO_UDP)
> return TRANSPORT_INFO_IPV6_UDP;
> }
>

Patch looks fine.
Network patches go through netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx not linux driver mailing list.
I will add it to my next patch of patches that are going to netdev for net-next.