From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Yan Zheng <yanzheng@21cn.com>
Subject: [PATCH]small fix for __ipv6_addr_type(...)
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 16:01:18 +0800
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org
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Hi.

I think the scope for loopback address should be node local.

Regards

Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng <yanzheng@21cn.com>

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--- linux-2.6.15-rc1/net/ipv6/addrconf.c	2005-11-13 12:23:06.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/net/ipv6/addrconf.c	2005-11-13 15:50:03.000000000 +0800
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int __ipv6_addr_type(const struct in6_ad
 
 			if (addr->s6_addr32[3] == htonl(0x00000001))
 				return (IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK | IPV6_ADDR_UNICAST |
-					IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL));	/* addr-select 3.4 */
+					IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_NODELOCAL));	/* addr-select 3.4 */
 
 			return (IPV6_ADDR_COMPATv4 | IPV6_ADDR_UNICAST |
 				IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_GLOBAL));	/* addr-select 3.3 */