Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net: ipv6: put host and anycast routes on device with address

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:15:31 -0400

Hello David,

David Ahern <[email-masked]> writes:

> @@ -2688,15 +2716,9 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
>  {
>  	u32 tb_id;
>  	struct net *net = dev_net(idev->dev);
> -	struct net_device *dev = net->loopback_dev;
> +	struct net_device *dev = idev->dev;
>  	struct rt6_info *rt;
>  
> -	/* use L3 Master device as loopback for host routes if device
> -	 * is enslaved and address is not link local or multicast
> -	 */
> -	if (!rt6_need_strict(addr))
> -		dev = l3mdev_master_dev_rcu(idev->dev) ? : dev;
> -
>  	rt = ip6_dst_alloc(net, dev, DST_NOCOUNT);
>  	if (!rt)
>  		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);

I am afraid this change might break Java:

<http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/jdk9/jdk/file/65464a307408/src/java.base/unix/native/libnet/net_util_md.c#l574>

I am all in for this change, but maybe it might be necessary to mask
RTF_LOCAL routes with "lo" somehow.

Bye,
Hannes