From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Vlad Yasevich Subject: Re: [PATCH]small fix for __ipv6_addr_type(...) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 17:20:50 -0500 Message-ID: <437A5F42.3080100@hp.com> References: <4376F2CE.4050003@21cn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org Return-path: To: Yan Zheng In-Reply-To: <4376F2CE.4050003@21cn.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org No, according to RFC 4007, loopback is considered a link-local address. -vlad Yan Zheng wrote: > Hi. > > I think the scope for loopback address should be node local. > > Regards > > Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng > > ======================================================================== > --- 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 */ > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >