netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: no need to return rt->dst.error if it is not null entry.

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Date:   Sat, 22 Jul 2017 21:55:51 -0700
From:   Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
Cc:     "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        WANG Cong <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: no need to return rt->dst.error if it is not
 null entry.

On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com> wrote:
> After commit 18c3a61c4264 ("net: ipv6: RTM_GETROUTE: return matched fib
> result when requested"). When we get a prohibit ertry, we will return
> -EACCES directly.
>
> Before:
> + ip netns exec client ip -6 route get 2003::1
> prohibit 2003::1 dev lo table unspec proto kernel src 2001::1 metric
> 4294967295 error -13
>
> After:
> + ip netns exec server ip -6 route get 2002::1
> RTNETLINK answers: Network is unreachable
>
> Since we will check the ip6_null_entry later. There is not sense
> to check the dst.error after get rt.
>
> Fixes: 18c3a61c4264 ("net: ipv6: RTM_GETROUTE: return matched fib...")
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>
> ---

Acked-by: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>


thanks.