netdev - Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ipv6: Fix ping to link-local addresses.

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Date:	Mon, 15 Aug 2016 10:55:22 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	lorenzo@...gle.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org, ek@...gle.com,
	hideaki.yoshifuji@...aclelinux.com, dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v2] net: ipv6: Fix ping to link-local addresses.

From: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:13:38 +0900

> ping_v6_sendmsg does not set flowi6_oif in response to
> sin6_scope_id or sk_bound_dev_if, so it is not possible to use
> these APIs to ping an IPv6 address on a different interface.
> Instead, it sets flowi6_iif, which is incorrect but harmless.
> 
> Stop setting flowi6_iif, and support various ways of setting oif
> in the same priority order used by udpv6_sendmsg.
> 
> Tested: https://android-review.googlesource.com/#/c/254470/
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>

I'm expecting a new version of this patch with changes handling
the situation that VRF needs.

Just FYI...