netdev - Re: [net-next PATCH 01/16] Loosen source address check on IPv4 output

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Date:	Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:28:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hidden@....bme.hu
Cc:	kaber@...sh.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [net-next PATCH 01/16] Loosen source address check on IPv4
 output

From: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@....bme.hu>
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:24:31 +0200

> ip_route_output() contains a check to make sure that no flows with
> non-local source IP addresses are routed. This obviously makes using
> such addresses impossible.
> 
> This patch introduces a flowi flag which makes omitting this check
> possible. The new flag provides a way of handling transparent and
> non-transparent connections differently.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
> Signed-off-by: KOVACS Krisztian <hidden@....bme.hu>

Applied to net-next-2.6
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