This patch addresses:
* assigning -1 to np->tclass as it is currently done is not very meaningful,
since it turns into 0xff;
* RFC 3542, 6.5 allows -1 for clearing the sticky IPV6_TCLASS option
and specifies -1 to mean "use kernel default":
- RFC 2460, 7. requires that the default traffic class must be zero for
all 8 bits,
- this is consistent with RFC 2474, 4.1 which recommends a default PHB of 0,
in combination with a value of the ECN field of "non-ECT" (RFC 3168, 5.).
This patch changes the meaning of -1 from assigning 255 to mean the RFC 2460
default, which at the same time allows to satisfy clearing the sticky TCLASS
option as per RFC 3542, 6.5.
(When passing -1 as ancillary data, the fallback remains np->tclass, which
has either been set via socket options, or contains the default value.)
Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Gerrit Renker
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