netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net: ipv6: Fix ping to link-local addresses.

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Date:	Tue, 9 Aug 2016 09:40:24 +0900
From:	Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
To:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>,
	Erik Kline <ek@...gle.com>, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	吉藤英明 <hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net: ipv6: Fix ping to link-local addresses.

On Tue, Aug 9, 2016 at 1:27 AM, David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
> Your description states:
> "ping_v6_sendmsg never sets flowi6_oif, so it is not possible to
> ping an IPv6 address on a different interface."
>
> That code snippet above contradicts that -- flowi6_oif is set in ping_v6_sendmsg.

Ah, yes, thanks. Will fix the commit message.