netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: fix handling of throw routes

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Date:	Mon, 10 Sep 2012 09:15:48 +0200
From:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, markus.stenberg@....fi,
	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: fix handling of throw routes

Le 07/09/2012 20:18, David Miller a écrit :
> From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
> Date: Thu,  6 Sep 2012 11:53:35 -0400
>
>> It's the same problem that previous fix about blackhole and prohibit routes.
>>
>> When adding a throw route, it was handled like a classic route.
>> Moreover, it was only possible to add this kind of routes by specifying
>> an interface.
>>
>> Before the patch:
>>    $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128
>>    RTNETLINK answers: No such device
>>    $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128 dev eth0
>>    $ ip -6 route | grep 2001::2
>>    2001::2 dev eth0  metric 1024
>>
>> After:
>>    $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128
>>    $ ip -6 route | grep 2001::2
>>    throw 2001::2 dev lo  metric 1024  error -11
>>
>> Reported-by: Markus Stenberg <markus.stenberg@....fi>
>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
>
> Applied, thanks.
>
> See how easy this was to implement via ->rtm_type? :-)
>
Definitely!
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