Re: [PATCH] iptables/man: IPv6 TOS mangling fix was backported to 2.6.35-longterm too

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On Wednesday 2011-08-24 04:55, Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao wrote:

>Fernando Luis Vázquez Cao wrote:
>> Update man page accordingly.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> 
>> -longterm releases 2.6.32.42 (or later) and 2.6.33.15 (or later), there is a bug
>> -whereby IPv6 TOS mangling does not behave as documented and differs from the
>> -IPv4 version. The TOS mask indicates the bits one wants to zero out, so it needs
>> -to be inverted before applying it to the original TOS field. However, the
>> +longterm releases 2.6.32 (>=.42), 2.6.33 (>=.15), and 2.6.35 (>=.14), there is
>> +a bug whereby IPv6 TOS mangling does not behave as documented and differs from
>> +the IPv4 version. The TOS mask indicates the bits one wants to zero out, so it
>> +needs to be inverted before applying it to the original TOS field. However, the
>>  aformentioned kernels forgo the inversion which breaks --set-tos and its
>>  mnemonics.
>
>Ping?

Patch picked up now.
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