netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Allow onlink routes to have a device mismatch if it is the default route

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Date:   Wed, 24 Oct 2018 14:37:55 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Allow onlink routes to have a device
 mismatch if it is the default route

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 13:58:39 -0700

> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> The intent of ip6_route_check_nh_onlink is to make sure the gateway
> given for an onlink route is not actually on a connected route for
> a different interface (e.g., 2001:db8:1::/64 is on dev eth1 and then
> an onlink route has a via 2001:db8:1::1 dev eth2). If the gateway
> lookup hits the default route then it most likely will be a different
> interface than the onlink route which is ok.
> 
> Update ip6_route_check_nh_onlink to disregard the device mismatch
> if the gateway lookup hits the default route. Turns out the existing
> onlink tests are passing because there is no default route or it is
> an unreachable default, so update the onlink tests to have a default
> route other than unreachable.
> 
> Fixes: fc1e64e1092f6 ("net/ipv6: Add support for onlink flag")
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.