From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Fernando Gont Subject: Re: Question on Netlink IPv6 routing table lookup Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 07:36:56 -0300 Message-ID: <52440E48.3030102@gont.com.ar> References: <52409953.8040208@gont.com.ar> <20130924000453.GB2593@order.stressinduktion.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Hannes Frederic Sowa To: netdev Return-path: Received: from web01.jbserver.net ([93.186.182.34]:40801 "EHLO web01.jbserver.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752755Ab3IZKhT (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Sep 2013 06:37:19 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20130924000453.GB2593@order.stressinduktion.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Hannes, On 09/23/2013 09:04 PM, Hannes Frederic Sowa wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2013 at 04:41:07PM -0300, Fernando Gont wrote: >> If that's not (currently) possible, should I expect RTA_SRC to work as >> described above at some point in the future? > > The RTA_SRC attriute matches on sutrees in the ipv6 routing table: > > ip -6 r a default via fe80::1 dev eth0 from 2000::/64 > ip -6 r a default via fe80::2 dev eth0 from 2000:1:/64 > > ip -6 r g :: from 2000:: > ip -6 r g :: from 2000:1:: > > ...should return different routes. The from parameter is the RTA_SRC > attribute. Isn't the "from" the "source network" in /proc/net/ipv6_route? (as described in ) I have a node with multiple Ethernet interfaces, each of which connected to a different network where IPv6 Router Advertisements are received... and the "source network" is set to all-zeros in all cases. Thanks! Best regards, -- Fernando Gont e-mail: fernando@gont.com.ar || fgont@si6networks.com PGP Fingerprint: 7809 84F5 322E 45C7 F1C9 3945 96EE A9EF D076 FFF1