Re: [PATCH]small fix for __ipv6_addr_type(...)
From: Vlad Yasevich <hidden>
Date: 2005-11-15 22:20:54
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No, according to RFC 4007, loopback is considered a link-local address. -vlad Yan Zheng wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Hi. I think the scope for loopback address should be node local. Regards Signed-off-by: Yan Zheng <redacted> ========================================================================--- linux-2.6.15-rc1/net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2005-11-1312:23:06.000000000 +0800+++ linux/net/ipv6/addrconf.c 2005-11-13 15:50:03.000000000 +0800@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ int __ipv6_addr_type(const struct in6_ad if (addr->s6_addr32[3] == htonl(0x00000001)) return (IPV6_ADDR_LOOPBACK | IPV6_ADDR_UNICAST | -IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL)); /* addr-select 3.4 */ + IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_NODELOCAL)); /* addr-select 3.4 */ return (IPV6_ADDR_COMPATv4 | IPV6_ADDR_UNICAST | IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_TYPE(IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_GLOBAL)); /* addr-select 3.3 */ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html