Re: [PATCH v2] net: ip6: ndisc: fix incorrect forwarding of proxied ns packets

[Florian Rommel]

What is the status of this? The proposed fix seems to work.

> > I have mixed feeling WRT this patch. It looks like a fix, but it's changing an established behaviour that is there since a lot of time.
> >
> > I think it could go via the net-next tree, without fixes
> > tag to avoid stable backports. As such I guess it deserves a self-test script validating the new behavior.
> >
> That is probably the best option.
> Although I'm not sure whether it would really break something. The
> forwarded packets have a hoplimit of 254 and are therefore not valid
> ndisc packets anymore.

I also can't imagine that anything depends on invalid packets being created?