From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki Subject: Re: forwarding IPv6 LL packets, bug? Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:27:02 +0900 Message-ID: <54EC0BA6.5010305@miraclelinux.com> References: <20150222164341.GD28830@stevemcqueen.digriz.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hideaki.yoshifuji@miraclelinux.com To: Alexander Clouter , netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from exprod7og108.obsmtp.com ([64.18.2.169]:52302 "HELO exprod7og108.obsmtp.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750733AbbBXF1G (ORCPT ); Tue, 24 Feb 2015 00:27:06 -0500 Received: by mail-pa0-f47.google.com with SMTP id rd3so33276939pab.4 for ; Mon, 23 Feb 2015 21:27:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20150222164341.GD28830@stevemcqueen.digriz.org.uk> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, Alexander Clouter wrote: > If this was not link-local addresses then Linux would be doing exactly as I expected, however, I do not believe it should be forwarding as this is an IPv6 LL destination? It is expected to forward packets with link-local destination address if the destination is on the same link. -- Hideaki Yoshifuji Technical Division, MIRACLE LINUX CORPORATION