netdev - Re: IPV6 routing problem

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Date:	Fri, 24 Jan 2014 14:59:32 +0100
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	Emmanuel Thierry <ml@...il.fr>
Cc:	Sharat Masetty <sharat04@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: IPV6 routing problem

On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 10:36:54AM +0100, Emmanuel Thierry wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Le 23 janv. 2014 à 08:15, Sharat Masetty a écrit :
> 
> > Unfortunately toggling this config setting CONFIG_IPV6_ROUTER_PREF did
> > not help, I see the same problem in both cases.
> > The kernel version I am using is 3.10.0.
> > 
> > Thanks for confirming that this is a non issue on 3.13 kernel version.
> > Would you happen to know which patch would have potentially fixed this
> > issue?
> 
> Your problem looks like the following one : 
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-netdev&m=137280268407054&w=2
> 
> Which has been fixed in 3.10.4, and 3.11+

Yes, that could very well be the case. We resolve the gateway while
inserting the route (if not on-link), and it may not be available
because of missing probes or no traffic went to it, yet. Thanks for
looking after this, Emmanuel.

I really recommend using the stable kernels btw. instead of the vanialla
point zero releases.

Thanks,

  Hannes

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