netdev - Re: forwarding IPv6 LL packets, bug?

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Date:	Mon, 23 Feb 2015 08:56:12 +0000
From:	Alexander Clouter <alex@...riz.org.uk>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: forwarding IPv6 LL packets, bug?

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 04:43:41PM +0000, Alexander Clouter wrote:
>
> [snipped]
>
>So I cracked out the source code and found where I think the problem 
>might be, net/ipv6/ip6_output.c:ip6_forward().  I think the else 
>block tied to the if clause handling redirect generation should be 
>move above the block alternative and made non-conditional?  Something 
>like the attachment?

Patch should probably additionally look at the destination address?

-- 
Alexander Clouter
.sigmonster says:             BOFH excuse #227:
                               Fatal error right in front of screen
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