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On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 10:21:32PM +0200, Alois Treindl wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, Horms wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 09:37:08PM +0200, Alois Treindl wrote:
> > >
> > > How do I patch kernel 2.4.4 for ipvs?
> > > Can I apply the 2.4.3 patchfile?
> >
> > The kernel patch for 2.4.x is very small. You should be able to appy
> > the 2.4.3 patch to 2.4.4 without any trouble.
> >
>
> tried, does not work:
> ip_vs_conn.c: In function `ip_vs_tunnel_xmit':
> ip_vs_conn.c:982: too few arguments to function `ip_select_ident'
>
> In kernel 2.4.4, the function ip_select_ident() has 3 arguments,
> while in previous kernels it had only two.
>
> It is defined as:
> include/net/ip.h:static inline void ip_select_ident(struct iphdr *iph,
> struct dst_entry *dst, struct sock *sk)
>
> There is also
> include/net/ip.h:extern void __ip_select_ident(struct iphdr *iph, struct
> dst_entry *dst);
>
> It corresponds to the previous definition of ip_select_ident().
>
> It seems that in ipvs-0.2.11 there is only one change
> required:
>
> ip_vs_conn.ca:983: ip_select_ident(iph, &rt->u.dst);
> to
> ip_vs_conn.c:983: __ip_select_ident(iph, &rt->u.dst);
>
> Now kernel 2.4.4 compiled.
> Whether it runs I cannot test during the weekend because my director box
> is at the office, while I am at home, and I do not dare rebooting a new
> kernel from remote, because I can't do anything if the boot hangs.
I believe that your solution may run into problems if packets
are marked don't fragment.
If the last argument to the 2.4.4 version of ip_select_ident() is
NULL then it is ignored. With reference to ipip.c in the 2.4.4 kernel
this is the desired behaviour.
--
Horms
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ipvs-0.2.11_kernel-2.4.4.patch
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