netdev - Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 035/111] ipv6/icmp: l3mdev: Perform icmp error route lookup on source device routing table (v2)

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Message-ID: <20201018124004.5f8c50a3@kicinski-fedora-pc1c0hjn.dhcp.thefacebook.com>
Date:   Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:40:04 -0700
From:   Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To:     Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 035/111] ipv6/icmp: l3mdev: Perform icmp
 error route lookup on source device routing table (v2)

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:16:51 -0400 Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 272928d1cdacfc3b55f605cb0e9115832ecfb20c ]
> 
> As per RFC4443, the destination address field for ICMPv6 error messages
> is copied from the source address field of the invoking packet.
> 
> In configurations with Virtual Routing and Forwarding tables, looking up
> which routing table to use for sending ICMPv6 error messages is
> currently done by using the destination net_device.

This one got applied a few days ago, and the urgency is low so it may be
worth letting it see at least one -rc release ;)

Maybe Mathieu & David feel differently.