Re: [PATCH 2/2] ipvs: load balance ipv6 connections from a local process

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On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 5:55 PM, Brian Haley <brian.haley@xxxxxx> wrote:
> Julius Volz wrote:
>>>
>>> -out:
>>> -       __ip_vs_conn_put(cp);
>>> -
>>> -       return verdict;
>>> +       snet.in6 = iph->saddr;
>>
>> I've always been told to use ipv6_addr_copy() for this. I'm not sure
>> what the problem with the direct struct assignment is though... would
>> be nice if someone could explain.
>
> Because an in6_addr is a union of 4 u32's, which won't all be copied in a
> struct assignment.  That's the way I've always understood it.

No, they _do_ all get copied and the result seems correct. There must
be another reason...

Julius

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