netdev - Re: linux kernel's IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS default is 64; should be 1?

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Message-Id: <20100503.230553.200626786.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 03 May 2010 23:05:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	brian.haley@...com
Cc:	enh@...gle.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: linux kernel's IPV6_MULTICAST_HOPS default is 64; should be 1?

From: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
Date: Mon, 03 May 2010 22:16:39 -0400

> It looks like a bug to me, feel free to send along a patch :)

Is it?  The quoted text is only about setting the value and what
effect setting -1 or whatever has.

For getting the value, the behavior described sounds just fine.

The default for a socket is whatever the kernel-wide default is.
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