netdev - Re: iproute2: prints bogus hoplimit

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Date:	Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:06:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	shemminger@...tta.com
Cc:	jengelh@...ozas.de, stephen.hemminger@...tta.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: iproute2: prints bogus hoplimit

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 18:01:06 -0700

> if I create route with:
>    ip route add ... hoplimit 0
> then to do
>    ip route show 
> one would expect the hoplimit in the show to match the add ??
> Whether the kernel fudges it in rt6_fill or utility has special case
> code really doesn't matter.

Even if the kernel should change, the tool should behave correctly
for all existing Linux kernels out there so you'd need the iproute2
hack anyways.

> The correct patch in utility would be something like:

Sure.
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