static netdev_tx_t ipip6_tunnel_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
				     struct net_device *dev)
{
	struct ip_tunnel *tunnel = netdev_priv(dev);
	struct pcpu_tstats *tstats;
	struct iphdr  *tiph = &tunnel->parms.iph;
	struct ipv6hdr *iph6 = ipv6_hdr(skb);
	u8     tos = tunnel->parms.iph.tos;
	__be16 df = tiph->frag_off;
	struct rtable *rt;     			/* Route to the other host */
	struct net_device *tdev;		/* Device to other host */
	struct iphdr  *iph;			/* Our new IP header */
	unsigned int max_headroom;		/* The extra header space needed */
	__be32 dst = tiph->daddr;
	int    mtu;
	struct in6_addr *addr6;
	int addr_type;

	if (skb->protocol != htons(ETH_P_IPV6))
		goto tx_error;

	/* ISATAP (RFC4214) - must come before 6to4 */
	if (dev->priv_flags & IFF_ISATAP) {
		struct neighbour *neigh = NULL;

		if (skb_dst(skb))
			neigh = skb_dst(skb)->neighbour;

		if (neigh == NULL) {
			if (net_ratelimit())
				printk(KERN_DEBUG "sit: nexthop == NULL\n");
			goto tx_error;
		}

		addr6 = (struct in6_addr*)&neigh->primary_key;
		addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(addr6);

		if ((addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_UNICAST) &&
		     ipv6_addr_is_isatap(addr6))
			dst = addr6->s6_addr32[3];
		else
			goto tx_error;
	}

	if (!dst)
		dst = try_6rd(&iph6->daddr, tunnel);

	if (!dst) {
		struct neighbour *neigh = NULL;

		if (skb_dst(skb))
			neigh = skb_dst(skb)->neighbour;

		if (neigh == NULL) {
			if (net_ratelimit())
				printk(KERN_DEBUG "sit: nexthop == NULL\n");
			goto tx_error;
		}

		addr6 = (struct in6_addr*)&neigh->primary_key;
		addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(addr6);

		if (addr_type == IPV6_ADDR_ANY) {
			addr6 = &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr;
			addr_type = ipv6_addr_type(addr6);
		}

		if ((addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_COMPATv4) == 0)
			goto tx_error_icmp;

		dst = addr6->s6_addr32[3];
	}

	{
		struct flowi fl = { .fl4_dst = dst,
				    .fl4_src = tiph->saddr,
				    .fl4_tos = RT_TOS(tos),
				    .oif = tunnel->parms.link,
				    .proto = IPPROTO_IPV6 };
		if (ip_route_output_key(dev_net(dev), &rt, &fl)) {
			dev->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
			goto tx_error_icmp;
		}
	}
	if (rt->rt_type != RTN_UNICAST) {
		ip_rt_put(rt);
		dev->stats.tx_carrier_errors++;
		goto tx_error_icmp;
	}
	tdev = rt->dst.dev;

	if (tdev == dev) {
		ip_rt_put(rt);
		dev->stats.collisions++;
		goto tx_error;
	}

	if (df) {
		mtu = dst_mtu(&rt->dst) - sizeof(struct iphdr);

		if (mtu < 68) {
			dev->stats.collisions++;
			ip_rt_put(rt);
			goto tx_error;
		}

		if (mtu < IPV6_MIN_MTU) {
			mtu = IPV6_MIN_MTU;
			df = 0;
		}

		if (tunnel->parms.iph.daddr && skb_dst(skb))
			skb_dst(skb)->ops->update_pmtu(skb_dst(skb), mtu);

		if (skb->len > mtu) {
			icmpv6_send(skb, ICMPV6_PKT_TOOBIG, 0, mtu);
			ip_rt_put(rt);
			goto tx_error;
		}
	}

	if (tunnel->err_count > 0) {
		if (time_before(jiffies,
				tunnel->err_time + IPTUNNEL_ERR_TIMEO)) {
			tunnel->err_count--;
			dst_link_failure(skb);
		} else
			tunnel->err_count = 0;
	}

	/*
	 * Okay, now see if we can stuff it in the buffer as-is.
	 */
	max_headroom = LL_RESERVED_SPACE(tdev)+sizeof(struct iphdr);

	if (skb_headroom(skb) < max_headroom || skb_shared(skb) ||
	    (skb_cloned(skb) && !skb_clone_writable(skb, 0))) {
		struct sk_buff *new_skb = skb_realloc_headroom(skb, max_headroom);
		if (!new_skb) {
			ip_rt_put(rt);
			dev->stats.tx_dropped++;
			dev_kfree_skb(skb);
			return NETDEV_TX_OK;
		}
		if (skb->sk)
			skb_set_owner_w(new_skb, skb->sk);
		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
		skb = new_skb;
		iph6 = ipv6_hdr(skb);
	}

	skb->transport_header = skb->network_header;
	skb_push(skb, sizeof(struct iphdr));
	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
	memset(&(IPCB(skb)->opt), 0, sizeof(IPCB(skb)->opt));
	IPCB(skb)->flags = 0;
	skb_dst_drop(skb);
	skb_dst_set(skb, &rt->dst);

	/*
	 *	Push down and install the IPIP header.
	 */

	iph 			=	ip_hdr(skb);
	iph->version		=	4;
	iph->ihl		=	sizeof(struct iphdr)>>2;
	iph->frag_off		=	df;
	iph->protocol		=	IPPROTO_IPV6;
	iph->tos		=	INET_ECN_encapsulate(tos, ipv6_get_dsfield(iph6));
	iph->daddr		=	rt->rt_dst;
	iph->saddr		=	rt->rt_src;

	if ((iph->ttl = tiph->ttl) == 0)
		iph->ttl	=	iph6->hop_limit;

	nf_reset(skb);
	tstats = this_cpu_ptr(dev->tstats);
	__IPTUNNEL_XMIT(tstats, &dev->stats);
	return NETDEV_TX_OK;

tx_error_icmp:
	dst_link_failure(skb);
tx_error:
	dev->stats.tx_errors++;
	dev_kfree_skb(skb);
	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
}

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