Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.9 035/111] ipv6/icmp: l3mdev: Perform icmp error route lookup on source device routing table (v2)

Jakub Kicinski
2020-10-18T19:40:10Z

On Sun, 18 Oct 2020 15:16:51 -0400 Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
>
> [ Upstream commit 272928d1cdacfc3b55f605cb0e9115832ecfb20c ]
>
> As per RFC4443, the destination address field for ICMPv6 error messages
> is copied from the source address field of the invoking packet.
>
> In configurations with Virtual Routing and Forwarding tables, looking up
> which routing table to use for sending ICMPv6 error messages is
> currently done by using the destination net_device.

This one got applied a few days ago, and the urgency is low so it may be
worth letting it see at least one -rc release ;)

Maybe Mathieu & David feel differently.