linux-kernel - Re: [net-next] ipv6:sr: Use the right next-hop value for neighbor discovery in End.DX4

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Date:   Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:46:07 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     amsalam20@...il.com
Cc:     dlebrun@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next] ipv6:sr: Use the right next-hop value for neighbor
 discovery in End.DX4

From: Ahmed Abdelsalam <amsalam20@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2018 16:15:41 +0200

> This patch makes sure that "rt_gateway" has the value of
> the next-hop configured from the control plane.

You can't change the rt_gateway field of an existing route,
this will change the value for unrelated users trying to
reach the same destination.