fields between host and network byte order. The details:
o icmp_error() now does not add IP header length. This fixes the problem
when icmp_error() is called from ip_forward(). In this case the ip_len
of the original IP datagram returned with ICMP error was wrong.
o icmp_error() expects all three fields, ip_len, ip_id and ip_off in host
byte order, so DTRT and convert these fields back to network byte order
before sending a message. This fixes the problem described in PR 16240
and PR 20877 (ip_id field was returned in host byte order).
o ip_ttl decrement operation in ip_forward() was moved down to make sure
that it does not corrupt the copy of original IP datagram passed later
to icmp_error().
o A copy of original IP datagram in ip_forward() was made a read-write,
independent copy. This fixes the problem I first reported to Garrett
Wollman and Bill Fenner and later put in audit trail of PR 16240:
ip_output() (not always) converts fields of original datagram to network
byte order, but because copy (mcopy) and its original (m) most likely
share the same mbuf cluster, ip_output()'s manipulations on original
also corrupted the copy.
o ip_output() now expects all three fields, ip_len, ip_off and (what is
significant) ip_id in host byte order. It was a headache for years that
ip_id was handled differently. The only compatibility issue here is the
raw IP socket interface with IP_HDRINCL socket option set and a non-zero
ip_id field, but ip.4 manual page was unclear on whether in this case
ip_id field should be in host or network byte order.
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