On Sat, 14 Mar 2026 21:11:33 +0100 Eric Dumazet wrote:
> > On Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:54:06 +0800 xietangxin wrote:
> > > Fixes: f2fc6a54585a ("[NETNS][IPV6] route6 - move ip6_dst_ops inside the
> > > network namespace")
> > > Cc: [email protected]
> > > Signed-off-by: xietangxin <[email protected]>
> >
> > The Fixes tag should be:
> >
> > Fixes: 0287587884b1 ("net: better IFF_XMIT_DST_RELEASE support")
>
> I disagree
>
> What was the situation before this patch ?
My thinking process was that it's fairly unusual that the dst is kept
because the stack decided so. Normally its the device driver that asks
for dst to be kept when its xmit is called. I thought 0287587884b1 was
the first time when stack could make the dst decision behind device
driver's back. But my analysis was very shallow, could well be wrong.
