Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:51:34 +0800 | From | Yan Zheng <> | Subject | [PATCH]behavior of ip6_route_input() for link local address. |
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Hi
I find that linux will reply echo request destined to an address which belongs to an interface other than the one from which the request received. This behavior doesn't make sense for link local address.
Index: net/ipv6/route.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.14-rc4-git6/net/ipv6/route.c 2005-10-20 12:02:49.000000000 +0800 +++ linux/net/ipv6/route.c 2005-10-20 12:21:03.000000000 +0800 @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ goto out; } - rt = rt6_device_match(rt, skb->dev->ifindex, 0); + rt = rt6_device_match(rt, skb->dev->ifindex, strict); BACKTRACK(); if (!rt->rt6i_nexthop && !(rt->rt6i_flags & RTF_NONEXTHOP)) { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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