Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] ip6_tunnel: fix potential issue in __ip6_tnl_rcv

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:38 PM, Alexei Starovoitov
[off-list ref] wrote:

On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 12:32:44PM +0800, Haishuang Yan wrote:

quoted

When __ip6_tnl_rcv fails, the tun_dst won't be freed, so call
dst_release to free it in error code path.

CC: Alexei Starovoitov <redacted>
Fixes: 8d79266bc48c ("ip6_tunnel: add collect_md mode to IPv6 tunnels")
Signed-off-by: Haishuang Yan <redacted>

I don't get it. Why did you send another version of the patch?
What was wrong with previous approach that myself and Eric acked?

Answer lies in Pravin feedback on v2 of the patch on ipv4 side.