[PATCH dpdk v2] net: enforce 2-bytes alignment on IPv6 headers

Morten Brørup mb at smartsharesystems.com
Tue Nov 5 15:20:40 CET 2024


> From: Robin Jarry [mailto:rjarry at redhat.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 November 2024 15.13
> 
> IPv6 headers are always aligned on a 2-bytes grid. Reflect this in the
> structure definition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Robin Jarry <rjarry at redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> Notes:
>     v2: added changelog entry
> 
>  doc/guides/rel_notes/release_24_11.rst | 6 ++++++
>  lib/net/rte_ip6.h                      | 6 +++---
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

Thank you, Robin.

Reviewed-by: Morten Brørup <mb at smartsharesystems.com>

Note for other reviewers:
This patch provides consistency with the IPv4 header alignment patch,
https://patchwork.dpdk.org/project/dpdk/patch/20241105085912.4148208-1-david.marchand@redhat.com/



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