netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] ipv6: enable anycast addresses as source addresses for datagrams

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Message-Id: <20140122.215750.1371886476356092894.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 22 Jan 2014 21:57:50 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	fx.lebail@...oo.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	dlstevens@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] ipv6: enable anycast addresses as source
 addresses for datagrams

From: Francois-Xavier Le Bail <fx.lebail@...oo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 04:30:50 +0100

> This change allows to consider an anycast address valid as source address
> when given via an IPV6_PKTINFO or IPV6_2292PKTINFO ancillary data item.
> So, when sending a datagram with ancillary data, the unicast and anycast
> addresses are handled in the same way.
> 
> - Adds ipv6_chk_acast_addr_src() to check if an anycast address is link-local
>   on given interface or is global.
> - Uses it in ip6_datagram_send_ctl().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Francois-Xavier Le Bail <fx.lebail@...oo.com>

Applied.
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