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Date:	Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:11:52 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	fx.lebail@...oo.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru,
	jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4] IPv6: use anycast addresses as source
 addresses in echo reply

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 00:05:05 +0100

> On Fri, Jan 03, 2014 at 05:43:31PM +0100, Francois-Xavier Le Bail wrote:
>> diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
>> index 5d42009..65c8619 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
>> @@ -556,7 +556,9 @@ static void icmpv6_echo_reply(struct sk_buff *skb)
>>  
>>  	saddr = &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr;
>>  
>> -	if (!ipv6_unicast_destination(skb))
>> +	if (!ipv6_unicast_destination(skb) &&
>> +	    !(net->ipv6.anycast_src_echo_reply &&
>> +	      ipv6_chk_acast_addr(net, NULL, saddr)))
>>  		saddr = NULL;
> 
> I am not sure why you left out the device at ipv6_chk_acast_addr?
> 
> IMHO this logic is a bit more complex, we can pass NULL for ipv6 addresses of
> scope global but need to check the interface for scope link.
> 
> It is already possible via setsockopt JOIN_ANYCAST that an ll address is
> anycast on another interface which may not be checked here.

I think we should pass a valid device in unless it breaks something
obvious.

Thanks.
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