netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v5] IPv6: add the option to use anycast addresses as source addresses in echo reply

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Message-ID: <1389168377.68061.YahooMailBasic@web125501.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
Date:	Wed, 8 Jan 2014 00:06:17 -0800 (PST)
From:	François-Xavier Le Bail <fx.lebail@...oo.com>
To:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki Yoshifuji <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v5] IPv6: add the option to use anycast addresses as source addresses in echo reply

On Tue, 1/7/14, Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 07, 2014 at 02:57:27PM +0100, Francois-Xavier Le Bail wrote:
> > This change allows to follow a recommandation of RFC4942.
> > 
> > - Add "anycast_src_echo_reply" sysctl to control the use of anycast addresses
> >   as source addresses for ICMPv6 echo reply. This sysctl is false by default
> >   to preserve existing behavior.
> > - Add inline check ipv6_anycast_destination().
> > - Use them in icmpv6_echo_reply().
 
> Works and best solution IMHO.

Yes. Thank you for testing.

BR
François-Xavier
 

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