netdev - Re: regression when connecting to ipv6 localhost

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Date:	Mon, 15 Oct 2012 12:32:31 +0200
From:	Jan Hinnerk Stosch <janhinnerk.stosch@...il.com>
To:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: regression when connecting to ipv6 localhost

> Hmm, another strange thing in your STRACE file is :
>
>
> 12928 open("/proc/net/if_inet6", O_RDONLY) = 6
> 12928 fstat(6, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0444, st_size=0, ...}) = 0
> 12928 mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS,
> -1, 0) = 0x7fc54a719000
> 12928 lseek(6, 0, SEEK_SET)             = 0
> 12928 read(6, "fe80000000000000922b34fffe33c292"..., 1024) = 54
>
>
> So /proc/net/if_inet6 doesnt include lo device on your machine ?
>
>
>

@Jan Ceuleers: Thank you, for your explanation!

@Eric Dumazet: I will be at home in some hours and will check the
/proc/net/if_inet6 file.
I can offer you to compile some code reversions. I even looked at the
changes at kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges but did not know where to
start.
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