Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: fix handling of throw routes

[Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>]

On Thu, 2012-09-06 at 11:53 -0400, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> It's the same problem that previous fix about blackhole and prohibit routes.
> 
> When adding a throw route, it was handled like a classic route.
> Moreover, it was only possible to add this kind of routes by specifying
> an interface.
> 
> Before the patch:
>   $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128
>   RTNETLINK answers: No such device
>   $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128 dev eth0
>   $ ip -6 route | grep 2001::2
>   2001::2 dev eth0  metric 1024
> 
> After:
>   $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128
>   $ ip -6 route | grep 2001::2
>   throw 2001::2 dev lo  metric 1024  error -11
> 
> Reported-by: Markus Stenberg <markus.stenberg@iki.fi>
> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>

Thanks Nicolas