netdev - [PATCH iproute2] ip route: should show the hoplimit value what kernel returns

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Date:	Tue, 12 May 2015 13:32:47 +0800
From:	Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
To:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ulrich Weber <uweber@...aro.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>,
	Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH iproute2] ip route: should show the hoplimit value what kernel returns

1. Kernel commit a02e4b7 set the default hoplimit as zero.
2. Kernel should return the correct values and iproute should show what kernel
returns, not invent magic transformations.

Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
---
 ip/iproute.c | 3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ip/iproute.c b/ip/iproute.c
index 670a4c6..569bff9 100644
--- a/ip/iproute.c
+++ b/ip/iproute.c
@@ -579,9 +579,6 @@ int print_route(const struct sockaddr_nl *who, struct nlmsghdr *n, void *arg)
 				print_rtax_features(fp, val);
 				break;
 			case RTAX_HOPLIMIT:
-				if ((int)val == -1)
-					val = 0;
-				/* fall through */
 			default:
 				fprintf(fp, " %u", val);
 				break;
-- 
1.9.3

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