netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix for adding multicast route for loopback device automatically.

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Date:	Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:56:15 +0800
From:	Li Wei <lw@...fujitsu.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Fix for adding multicast route for loopback device
 automatically.

> From: Li Wei <lw@...fujitsu.com>
> Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2011 08:58:21 +0800
> 
>> The problem is that the resulting routing table depends on the sequence
>> of interface's initialization and in some situation, that would block all
>> muticast packets. Suppose there are two interfaces on my computer
>> (lo and eth0), if we initailize 'lo' before 'eth0', the resuting routing
>> table(for multicast) would be
>>
>> # ip -6 route show | grep ff00::
>> unreachable ff00::/8 dev lo metric 256 error -101
>> ff00::/8 dev eth0 metric 256
>>
>> When sending multicasting packets, routing subsystem will return the first
>> route entry which with a error set to -101(ENETUNREACH).
>>
>> I know the kernel will set the default ipv6 address for 'lo' when it is up
>> and won't set the default multicast route for it, but there is no reason to
>> stop 'init' program from setting address for 'lo', and that is exactly what
>> systemd did.
> 
> Ok, I added this more detailed explanation to the commit message and
> applied your patch.
> 
> Probably it is a good idea to explain things completely, with all details
> and examples, in the commit message from the beginning :-)
> 
> 

Thanks David, remember your advice :)

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