netdev - Re: [RFC] IPv6: don't forward unspecified frames

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Date:	Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:50:53 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] IPv6: don't forward unspecified frames

On Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:11:33 +0800
Shan Wei <shanwei@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> Stephen Hemminger wrote, at 02/23/2010 09:31 AM:
> > This showed up during UNH IPv6 conformance tests. It appears kernel
> > incorrectly forwards packets with unspecified source address.
> 
> Which case? Is it about spec.p2#18 of IPv6 Ready Logo Phase 2?
> I don't see the phenomenon from spec.p2#18 case.
> 
> > This looks like the place to fix this, but still not sure and have
> > no easy way to test it since ping6 won't send packet with unspecified
> > source address.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
> 
> Kernel is coincident with the spec, see following commit.
> 

Never mind.

I could not reproduce the problem, with a program that sends
ICMPV6 echo through AF_PACKET.

UNH reran the test, and the kernel is fine.
Looks like a tester problem.
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