netdev - forwarding of ipv4 link local addresses

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Message-ID: <565E12BE.90006@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:	Tue, 1 Dec 2015 13:35:58 -0800
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: forwarding of ipv4 link local addresses

RFC 3927 states that packets from/to IPv4 link-local addresses 
(169.254/16) should not be forwarded, yet the Linux networking stack 
happily forwards them. Before sending in a patch I wanted to inquire if 
this behavior is intentional.

Thanks,
David
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