[PATCH v2] net/ipv6/route.c: packets originating on device match lo

[PATCH v2] net/ipv6/route.c: packets originating on device match lo

[David McCullough]

Hi all,

Fix to allow IPv6 packets originating locally to match rules with the "iff"
set to "lo".  This allows IPv6 rule matching work the same as it does for
IPv4.  From the iproute2 man page:

   iif NAME
		  select  the incoming device to match.  If the interface is loop‐
		  back, the rule only matches packets originating from this  host.
		  This  means that you may create separate routing tables for for‐
		  warded and local packets and, hence, completely segregate them.

Cheers,
Davidm

Signed-off-by: David McCullough <david_mccullough@mcafee.com>

diff -u -p -r1.1.1.59 route.c
--- linux-3.4/net/ipv6/route.c	21 May 2012 23:15:01 -0000	1.1.1.59
+++ linux-3.4/net/ipv6/route.c	26 Jun 2012 01:41:15 -0000
@@ -931,6 +931,8 @@ struct dst_entry * ip6_route_output(stru
 {
 	int flags = 0;
 
+	fl6->flowi6_iif = net->loopback_dev->ifindex;
+
 	if ((sk && sk->sk_bound_dev_if) || rt6_need_strict(&fl6->daddr))
 		flags |= RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
 
 
-- 
David McCullough,      david_mccullough@mcafee.com,  Ph:+61 734352815
McAfee - SnapGear      http://www.mcafee.com         http://www.uCdot.org

Re: [PATCH v2] net/ipv6/route.c: packets originating on device match lo

[David Miller]

From: David McCullough <david_mccullough@mcafee.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:42:26 +1000

> Fix to allow IPv6 packets originating locally to match rules with the "iff"
> set to "lo".  This allows IPv6 rule matching work the same as it does for
> IPv4.  From the iproute2 man page:
> 
>    iif NAME
> 		  select  the incoming device to match.  If the interface is loop‐
> 		  back, the rule only matches packets originating from this  host.
> 		  This  means that you may create separate routing tables for for‐
> 		  warded and local packets and, hence, completely segregate them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David McCullough <david_mccullough@mcafee.com>

Applied to net-next.