Re: [PATCH net 1/2] ipv6: enforce flowi6_oif usage in ip6_dst_lookup_tail()

[Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>]

On Thu, 2016-01-28 at 07:59 -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> On 1/27/16 6:45 AM, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> > The current implementation of ip6_dst_lookup_tail() basically
> > ignore the egress ifindex match: if the saddr is set,
> > ip6_route_output() purposefully ignores flowi6_oif, due
> > to the commit d46a9d678e4c ("net: ipv6: Dont add RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE
> > flag if saddr set"), if the saddr is 'any' the first route lookup
> > in ip6_dst_lookup_tail fails, but upon failure a second lookup will
> > be performed with saddr set, thus ignoring the ifindex constraint.
> >
> > This commit adds an output route lookup function variant, which
> > allows the caller to specify additional lookup flags, and modify
> > ip6_dst_lookup_tail() to enforce the ifindex match on the second
> > lookup via said helper.
> >
> > Fixes: d46a9d678e4c ("net: ipv6: Dont add RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE flag if saddr set")
> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>
> 
> I don't agree with that 'Fixes:' tag.
> 
> ip6_route_output did not add the RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE flag until 
> 741a11d9e410; d46a9d678e4c is a follow on to limit adding the flag only 
> if no source address  is given.
> 
> Since ip6_dst_lookup_tail never considered the flowi6_oif this is a 
> general bug fix rather than a fix of d46a9d678e4c.

Ok, I'll remove it in the v2, which will include Hannes feedback, too.

Regards,

Paolo