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

[David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>]

From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Date: Thu,  6 Sep 2012 11:53:35 -0400

> 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>

Applied, thanks.

See how easy this was to implement via ->rtm_type? :-)