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From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
To: sohny thomas <sohny.kernel@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org,
	davem@davemloft.net, kumuda <kumuda@linux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	netdev <netdev@vger.kernel.org>,
	David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 17:33:08 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <52D020C4.30105@6wind.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <52CFE594.8010808@gmail.com>

CC: netdev

Le 10/01/2014 13:20, sohny thomas a écrit :
> Default route for link local address is configured automatically if
> NETWORKING_IPV6=yes is in ifcfg-eth*.
> When the route table for the interface is flushed and a new address is added to
> the same device with out removing linklocal addr, default route for link local
> address has to added by default.
I would say that removing the link local route but not the link local address
is a configuration problem.
If you remove a connected route but not the associated address, you will have
the same problem.

>
> I have found the issue to be caused by this checkin
>
> http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/net/ipv6?id=62b54dd91567686a1cb118f76a72d5f4764a86dd
>
>
> According to this change :
> He removes adding a link local route if any other address is added , applicable
> across all interfaces though there's mentioned only lo interface
> So below patch fixes for other devices

       reply	other threads:[~2014-01-10 16:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <52CFE594.8010808@gmail.com>
2014-01-10 16:33 ` Nicolas Dichtel [this message]
2014-01-10 17:16   ` ipv6: default route for link local address is not added while assigning a address Hannes Frederic Sowa
     [not found] <52D2F201.1090903@gmail.com>
2014-01-13  8:49 ` sohny thomas
2014-01-17  8:34   ` sohny thomas
2014-01-17 12:16     ` Hannes Frederic Sowa

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