[PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Set protocol to kernel for local routes
From: David Ahern <hidden>
Date: 2017-02-02 16:52:27
IPv6 stack does not set the protocol for local routes, so those routes show
up with proto "none":
$ ip -6 ro ls table local
local ::1 dev lo proto none metric 0 pref medium
local 2100:3:: dev lo proto none metric 0 pref medium
local 2100:3::4 dev lo proto none metric 0 pref medium
local fe80:: dev lo proto none metric 0 pref medium
...
Set rt6i_protocol to RTPROT_KERNEL for consistency with IPv4. Now routes
show up with proto "kernel":
$ ip -6 ro ls table local
local ::1 dev lo proto kernel metric 0 pref medium
local 2100:3:: dev lo proto kernel metric 0 pref medium
local 2100:3::4 dev lo proto kernel metric 0 pref medium
local fe80:: dev lo proto kernel metric 0 pref medium
...
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <redacted>
---
net/ipv6/route.c | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 2563331b0532..91eb3f7782dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c@@ -2634,6 +2634,7 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev, rt->dst.output = ip6_output; rt->rt6i_idev = idev; + rt->rt6i_protocol = RTPROT_KERNEL; rt->rt6i_flags = RTF_UP | RTF_NONEXTHOP; if (anycast) rt->rt6i_flags |= RTF_ANYCAST;
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