From: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>,
Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>,
Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, Simon Horman <horms@kernel.org>,
David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>,
Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>, Aiden Yang <ling@moedove.com>,
Gary Guo <gary@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH net 1/2] gre: Fix IPv6 multicast route creation.
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2025 16:30:10 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <027a923dcb550ad115e6d93ee8bb7d310378bd01.1752070620.git.gnault@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1752070620.git.gnault@redhat.com>
Use addrconf_add_dev() instead of ipv6_find_idev() in
addrconf_gre_config() so that we don't just get the inet6_dev, but also
install the default ff00::/8 multicast route.
Before commit 3e6a0243ff00 ("gre: Fix again IPv6 link-local address
generation."), the multicast route was created at the end of the
function by addrconf_add_mroute(). But this code path is now only taken
in one particular case (gre devices not bound to a local IP address and
in EUI64 mode). For all other cases, the function exits early and
addrconf_add_mroute() is not called anymore.
Using addrconf_add_dev() instead of ipv6_find_idev() in
addrconf_gre_config(), fixes the problem as it will create the default
multicast route for all gre devices. This also brings
addrconf_gre_config() a bit closer to the normal netdevice IPv6
configuration code (addrconf_dev_config()).
Fixes: 3e6a0243ff00 ("gre: Fix again IPv6 link-local address generation.")
Reported-by: Aiden Yang <ling@moedove.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/CANR=AhRM7YHHXVxJ4DmrTNMeuEOY87K2mLmo9KMed1JMr20p6g@mail.gmail.com/
Reviewed-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Tested-by: Gary Guo <gary@garyguo.net>
Signed-off-by: Guillaume Nault <gnault@redhat.com>
---
net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 9 ++-------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ba2ec7c870cc..870a0bd6c2ba 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -3525,11 +3525,9 @@ static void addrconf_gre_config(struct net_device *dev)
ASSERT_RTNL();
- idev = ipv6_find_idev(dev);
- if (IS_ERR(idev)) {
- pr_debug("%s: add_dev failed\n", __func__);
+ idev = addrconf_add_dev(dev);
+ if (IS_ERR(idev))
return;
- }
/* Generate the IPv6 link-local address using addrconf_addr_gen(),
* unless we have an IPv4 GRE device not bound to an IP address and
@@ -3543,9 +3541,6 @@ static void addrconf_gre_config(struct net_device *dev)
}
add_v4_addrs(idev);
-
- if (dev->flags & IFF_POINTOPOINT)
- addrconf_add_mroute(dev);
}
#endif
--
2.39.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-07-09 14:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-07-09 14:30 [PATCH net 0/2] gre: Fix default IPv6 multicast route creation Guillaume Nault
2025-07-09 14:30 ` Guillaume Nault [this message]
2025-07-10 11:32 ` [PATCH net 1/2] gre: Fix " Ido Schimmel
2025-07-10 12:57 ` Gary Guo
2025-07-11 17:07 ` Guillaume Nault
2025-07-09 14:30 ` [PATCH net 2/2] selftests: Add IPv6 multicast route generation tests for GRE devices Guillaume Nault
2025-07-10 11:33 ` Ido Schimmel
2025-07-11 16:56 ` Guillaume Nault
2025-07-11 1:30 ` [PATCH net 0/2] gre: Fix default IPv6 multicast route creation patchwork-bot+netdevbpf
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