linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address

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Message-ID: <52F13350.2020300@gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 05 Feb 2014 00:07:04 +0530
From:	sohny thomas <sohny.kernel@...il.com>
To:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com,
	Sohny Thomas <sthomas@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, davem@...emloft.net,
	kumuda <kumuda@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: default route for link local address is not added
 while assigning a address

On Monday 03 February 2014 09:56 PM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>> 4) make flush not remove the fe80::/64 address
>>
>>     Least favourable to me. I guess this also woud need iproute change
>>     and seems most difficult to do.
> Why using this command 'ip -6 route flush proto static' isn't possible?
Ok I tried this and it works fine ( i.e, leaves out removing Link Local 
route), but I think this is a workaround to a problem that occurs if 
anyone actually deletes a Link local route

> I think that we know what kind of route is added for these TAHI tests,
> hence
> it's better to remove only routes added manually (or by a routing daemon if
> it's the case).
> Removing kernel routes may hide bugs: imagine the kernel adds a wrong
> route,
> TAHI will not detect it.

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