[PATCH] ipv6: Remove hoplimit initialization to -1

[PATCH] ipv6: Remove hoplimit initialization to -1

[Thomas Egerer]

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The changes introduced with git-commit a02e4b7d missed to remove the
hoplimit initialization. As a result, ipv6_get_mtu interprets the return
value of dst_metric_raw (-1) as 255 and answers ping6 with this hoplimit.
This patche removes the line such that ping6 is answered with the
hoplimit value configured via sysctl.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@secunet.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c |    1 -
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)



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diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 843406f..0a5d02a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2012,7 +2012,6 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
 	rt->dst.output = ip6_output;
 	rt->rt6i_dev = net->loopback_dev;
 	rt->rt6i_idev = idev;
-	dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT, -1);
 	rt->dst.obsolete = -1;
 
 	rt->rt6i_flags = RTF_UP | RTF_NONEXTHOP;

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: Remove hoplimit initialization to -1

[David Miller]

From: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@secunet.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 10:56:02 +0200

> 
> The changes introduced with git-commit a02e4b7d missed to remove the
> hoplimit initialization. As a result, ipv6_get_mtu interprets the return
> value of dst_metric_raw (-1) as 255 and answers ping6 with this hoplimit.
> This patche removes the line such that ping6 is answered with the
> hoplimit value configured via sysctl.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Egerer <thomas.egerer@secunet.com>

Sorry for breaking this, patch applied.

Thanks!