Re: [PATCHv4 net] ipv6: no need to check rt->dst.error when get route info

[David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>]

On 7/27/17 12:03 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> On 7/27/17 10:25 AM, Hangbin Liu wrote:
>> After commit 18c3a61c4264 ("net: ipv6: RTM_GETROUTE: return matched fib
>> result when requested"). When we get a prohibit ertry, we will return
>> -EACCES directly instead of dump route info.
>>
>> Fix it by remove the rt->dst.error check.
>>
>> Before fix:
>> \# ip -6 route add prohibit 2003::/64 dev eth1
>> \# ip -6 route get fibmatch 2003::1
>> RTNETLINK answers: Permission denied
>> \# ip -6 route add unreachable 2004::/64 dev eth1
>> \# ip -6 route get fibmatch 2004::1
>> RTNETLINK answers: No route to host
>>
>> After fix:
>> \# ip -6 route add prohibit 2003::/64 dev eth1
>> \# ip -6 route get fibmatch 2003::1
>> prohibit 2003::/64 dev lo metric 1024 error -13 pref medium
>> \# ip -6 route add unreachable 2004::/64 dev eth1
>> \# ip -6 route get fibmatch 2004::1
>> unreachable 2004::/64 dev lo metric 1024 error -113 pref medium
>>
>> Fixes: 18c3a61c4264 ("net: ipv6: RTM_GETROUTE: return matched fib...")
>> Signed-off-by: Hangbin Liu <liuhangbin@gmail.com>
>> ---
>>  net/ipv6/route.c | 6 ------
>>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
>>
> 
> Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> 

Dave: please hold off on applying this patch.