netdev - Re: [PATCH net] icmp: don't send out ICMP messages with a source address of 0.0.0.0

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Message-ID: <87o8c4ec0h.fsf@toke.dk>
Date:   Thu, 17 Jun 2021 17:39:26 +0200
From:   Toke Høiland-Jørgensen <toke@...hat.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
Cc:     Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        Juliusz Chroboczek <jch@...f.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] icmp: don't send out ICMP messages with a source
 address of 0.0.0.0

David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com> writes:

> On 6/17/21 9:06 AM, David Ahern wrote:
>>> Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
>> This should be the one that allows IPv6 nexthops with IPv4 routes.
>> 
>> Fixes: d15662682db2 ("ipv4: Allow ipv6 gateway with ipv4 routes")
>> 
>
> on further thought, this is the receiving / transit path and not the
> sending node, so my change to allow v6 gw with v4 routes is not relevant.

Right, so you're OK with keeping the patch as-is, then? I can send a
test-case as a follow-up...

-Toke