ipv6: ipcm6_cookie initializer

Initialize the cookie in one location to reduce code duplication and
avoid bugs from inconsistent initialization, such as that fixed in
commit 9887cba19978 ("ip: limit use of gso_size to udp").

Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index b7843e0b16ee..6cb247f54d4c 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -301,6 +301,25 @@ struct ipcm6_cookie {
 	__u16 gso_size;
 };
 
+static inline void ipcm6_init(struct ipcm6_cookie *ipc6)
+{
+	*ipc6 = (struct ipcm6_cookie) {
+		.hlimit = -1,
+		.tclass = -1,
+		.dontfrag = -1,
+	};
+}
+
+static inline void ipcm6_init_sk(struct ipcm6_cookie *ipc6,
+				 const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
+{
+	*ipc6 = (struct ipcm6_cookie) {
+		.hlimit = -1,
+		.tclass = np->tclass,
+		.dontfrag = np->dontfrag,
+	};
+}
+
 static inline struct ipv6_txoptions *txopt_get(const struct ipv6_pinfo *np)
 {
 	struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;