linux-kernel - Re: Source address fib invalidation on IPv6

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Date:   Sun, 13 Nov 2016 02:00:38 +0100
From:   "Jason A. Donenfeld" <Jason@...c4.com>
To:     Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>,
        Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        WireGuard mailing list <wireguard@...ts.zx2c4.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
Subject: Re: Source address fib invalidation on IPv6

Hi Hannes,

On Sun, Nov 13, 2016 at 1:51 AM, Hannes Frederic Sowa
<hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:
> You probably need some combination of ipv6_chk_addr and/or
> ipv6_check_addr_and_flags (where dev can also be NULL). Be careful if a
> IFA_HOST or IFA_LINK address switches from one interface to another.

I can confirm this trick works beautifully:
https://git.zx2c4.com/WireGuard/commit/?id=eb65810fc6350c50b42abedd1291b12337d3dc3d

I'll see if I can fold this into the routing function so that it
behaves the same as v4, unless David gets there first.

Regards,
Jason