netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: don't stop backtracking in fib6_lookup

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Date:	Wed, 07 Aug 2013 17:17:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, teco@...-net.nl, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	equinox@...c24.net, boutier@....univ-paris-diderot.fr
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: don't stop backtracking in fib6_lookup_1 if
 subtree does not match

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 02:34:31 +0200

> In case a subtree did not match we currently stop backtracking and return
> NULL (root table from fib_lookup). This could yield in invalid routing
> table lookups when using subtrees.
> 
> Instead continue to backtrack until a valid subtree or node is found
> and return this match.
> 
> Also remove unneeded NULL check.
> 
> Reported-by: Teco Boot <teco@...-net.nl>
> Cc: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>
> Cc: David Lamparter <equinox@...c24.net>
> Cc: <boutier@....univ-paris-diderot.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>

Applied and qeued up for -stable, thanks!
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