netdev - Re: [PATCH net v4 2/2] selftests: Add IPv6 link-local address generation tests for GRE devices.

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Message-ID: <87jz8xz03d.fsf@nvidia.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:44:48 +0100
From: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
To: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>
CC: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>,
	Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>,
	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>, Simon Horman <horms@...nel.org>, David Ahern
	<dsahern@...nel.org>, Antonio Quartulli <antonio@...delbit.com>, "Ido
 Schimmel" <idosch@...sch.org>, Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net v4 2/2] selftests: Add IPv6 link-local address
 generation tests for GRE devices.


Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com> writes:

> GRE devices have their special code for IPv6 link-local address
> generation that has been the source of several regressions in the past.
>
> Add selftest to check that all gre, ip6gre, gretap and ip6gretap get an
> IPv6 link-link local address in accordance with the
> net.ipv6.conf.<dev>.addr_gen_mode sysctl.
>
> Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@...hat.com>

Reviewed-by: Petr Machata <petrm@...dia.com>