Re: [PATCH] IPv6 exthedrs offload registration fixed

From: David Miller
Date: Thu Mar 06 2014 - 16:37:31 EST


From: Anton Nayshtut <anton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:30:08 +0200

> Without this fix, ipv6_exthdrs_offload_init doesn't register IPPROTO_DSTOPTS
> offload, but returns 0 (as the IPPROTO_ROUTING registration actually succeeds).
>
> This then causes the ipv6_gso_segment to drop IPv6 packets with IPPROTO_DSTOPTS
> header.
>
> The issue detected and the fix verified by running MS HCK Offload LSO test on
> top of QEMU Windows guests, as this test sends IPv6 packets with
> IPPROTO_DSTOPTS.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anton Nayshtut <anton@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Can't believe this was broken so obviously for so long :-)

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.
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