netdev - Re: [PATCH net] bonding: NS target should accept link local address

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Date:   Fri, 27 May 2022 10:05:56 -0400
From:   Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>
To:     Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Jay Vosburgh <j.vosburgh@...il.com>,
        Veaceslav Falico <vfalico@...il.com>,
        Andy Gospodarek <andy@...yhouse.net>,
        "David S . Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
        Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
        Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Li Liang <liali@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] bonding: NS target should accept link local address

On 5/27/22 02:44, Hangbin Liu wrote:
> When setting bond NS target, we use bond_is_ip6_target_ok() to check
> if the address valid. The link local address was wrongly rejected in
> bond_changelink(), as most time the user just set the ARP/NS target to
> gateway, while the IPv6 gateway is always a link local address when user
> set up interface via SLAAC.
> 
> So remove the link local addr check when setting bond NS target.
> 
> Fixes: 129e3c1bab24 ("bonding: add new option ns_ip6_target")
> Reported-by: Li Liang <liali@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Jonathan Toppins <jtoppins@...hat.com>