linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv6: preserve insertion order for same-scope addresses

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Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:00:09 +0000
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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2] ipv6: preserve insertion order for same-scope
 addresses

Hello:

This patch was applied to netdev/net-next.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>:

On Sun,  4 Jan 2026 11:23:57 +0800 you wrote:
> IPv6 addresses with the same scope are returned in reverse insertion
> order, unlike IPv4. For example, when adding a -> b -> c, the list is
> reported as c -> b -> a, while IPv4 preserves the original order.
> 
> This behavior causes:
> 
> a. When using `ip -6 a save` and `ip -6 a restore`, addresses are restored
>    in the opposite order from which they were saved. See example below
>    showing addresses added as 1::1, 1::2, 1::3 but displayed and saved
>    in reverse order.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [net-next,v2] ipv6: preserve insertion order for same-scope addresses
    https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net-next/c/cb3de96eea66

You are awesome, thank you!
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