Re: [PATCHv2 net] ipv6/addrconf: allow adding multicast addr if IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN is set

On 8/22/19 4:20 AM, Hangbin Liu wrote:

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:33:58PM -0400, David Ahern wrote:

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On 8/19/19 10:19 PM, Hangbin Liu wrote:

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But in ipv6_add_addr() it will check the address type and reject multicast
address directly. So this feature is never worked for IPv6.

If true, that is really disappointing.

We need to get a functional test script started for various address cases.

Do you mean an `ip addr add` testing for all kinds of address types?

yes.