From 62b54dd91567686a1cb118f76a72d5f4764a86dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicolas Dichtel Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 23:19:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] ipv6: don't add link local route when there is no link local address When an address is added on loopback (ip -6 a a 2002::1/128 dev lo), a route to fe80::/64 is added in the main table: unreachable fe80::/64 dev lo proto kernel metric 256 error -101 This route does not match any prefix (no fe80:: address on lo). In fact, addrconf_dev_config() will not add link local address because this function filters interfaces by type. If the link local address is added manually, the route to the link local prefix will be automatically added by addrconf_add_linklocal(). Note also, that this route is not deleted when the address is removed. After looking at the code, it seems that addrconf_add_lroute() is redundant with addrconf_add_linklocal(), because this function will add the link local route when the link local address is configured. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 15 ++------------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 480e68422ef..d7c56f8a5b4 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -1769,14 +1769,6 @@ static void sit_route_add(struct net_device *dev) } #endif -static void addrconf_add_lroute(struct net_device *dev) -{ - struct in6_addr addr; - - ipv6_addr_set(&addr, htonl(0xFE800000), 0, 0, 0); - addrconf_prefix_route(&addr, 64, dev, 0, 0); -} - static struct inet6_dev *addrconf_add_dev(struct net_device *dev) { struct inet6_dev *idev; @@ -1794,8 +1786,6 @@ static struct inet6_dev *addrconf_add_dev(struct net_device *dev) if (!(dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK)) addrconf_add_mroute(dev); - /* Add link local route */ - addrconf_add_lroute(dev); return idev; } @@ -2474,10 +2464,9 @@ static void addrconf_sit_config(struct net_device *dev) sit_add_v4_addrs(idev); - if (dev->flags&IFF_POINTOPOINT) { + if (dev->flags&IFF_POINTOPOINT) addrconf_add_mroute(dev); - addrconf_add_lroute(dev); - } else + else sit_route_add(dev); } #endif -- 2.43.2