Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 14427] New: ipv6 forward cause strange route

[YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>]

Hello.

This is not a bug but a feature of IPv6 called "subnet anycast
address."  The address is automatically assigned on routers.

References:
RFC 2526: Reserved IPv6 Subnet Anycast Addresses
RFC 3627: Use of /127 Prefix Length Between Routers Considered Harmful

--yoshfuji

Andrew Morton wrote:
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> On Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:42:01 GMT bugzilla-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:
> 
>> http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14427
>>
>>            Summary: ipv6 forward cause strange route
>>            Product: Networking
>>            Version: 2.5
>>           Platform: All
>>         OS/Version: Linux
>>               Tree: Mainline
>>             Status: NEW
>>           Severity: normal
>>           Priority: P1
>>          Component: IPV6
>>         AssignedTo: yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org
>>         ReportedBy: green@msu.ru
>>         Regression: No
>>
>>
>> When enabling forwarding for IPv6 on interface, in the routing table local
>> appears new route. It like route to local ip but with all host bits set to 0.
>> Example:
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>   # cat /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/forwarding
>>   0
>>   # ip -6 addr add 2001:db8:1:1::5/64 dev eth0
>>   # ip -6 route show table local
>>   ...
>>   local 2001:db8:1:1::5 via :: dev lo  proto none  metric 0  mtu 16436 advmss
>> 16376 hoplimit 4294967295
>>   ...
>>   # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/forwarding 
>>   # ip -6 route show table local
>>   ...
>>   local 2001:db8:1:1:: via :: dev lo  proto none  metric 0  mtu 16436 advmss
>> 16376 hoplimit 4294967295
>>   local 2001:db8:1:1::5 via :: dev lo  proto none  metric 0  mtu 16436 advmss
>> 16376 hoplimit 4294967295
>>   ...
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> After enabling forwarding, route "2001:db8:1:1:: via :: dev lo" is added. No
>> matter, forwarding is enabled before or after adding of address, this route is
>> "on" with forwarding and "off" without it.
>> Such behavior causes problems with /127 network masks. For example:
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>   # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/forwarding 
>>   # ip -6 addr add 2001:db8:1:1::5/127 dev eth0
>>   # ip -6 route add default via 2001:db8:1:1::4
>>   RTNETLINK answers: Invalid argument
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> But if we disable forwarding (and strange route) when adding needed route, we
>> will succeed.
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>   # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/forwarding 
>>   # ip -6 route add default via 2001:db8:1:1::4
>>   # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/eth0/forwarding 
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> Default route remains in the table after enabling forwarding and it is doing in
>> work. But in this case we still can not access 2001:db8:1:1::4, because it is
>> routed to loopback:
>> --------------------------------------------------
>>   # ping6 -c 1 2001:db8:1:1::4
>>   PING 2001:db8:1:1::4(2001:db8:1:1::4) 56 data bytes
>>   64 bytes from 2001:db8:1:1::5: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.114 ms
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> We get reply from self interface.
>>
>> This was tested on x86 and x86_64 with 2.6.30 kernel and some previous versions
>> on ArchLinux (2.6.30 x86 and x86_64), Ubuntu (2.6.28-15-generic x86_64) and
>> gentoo (2.6.30-gentoo-r5 x86_64).
>>
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