* [PATCH] Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255
@ 2019-02-21 0:23 Kalash Nainwal
2019-02-22 23:22 ` David Miller
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kalash Nainwal @ 2019-02-21 0:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: netdev; +Cc: davem, linux-kernel, kalash
Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255 to
keep legacy software happy. This is similar to what was done for
ipv4 in commit 709772e6e065 ("net: Fix routing tables with
id > 255 for legacy software").
Signed-off-by: Kalash Nainwal <kalash@arista.com>
---
net/ipv6/route.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 964491cf3672..77c07b2943f5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -4649,7 +4649,7 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
table = rt->fib6_table->tb6_id;
else
table = RT6_TABLE_UNSPEC;
- rtm->rtm_table = table;
+ rtm->rtm_table = table < 256 ? table : RT_TABLE_COMPAT;
if (nla_put_u32(skb, RTA_TABLE, table))
goto nla_put_failure;
--
2.19.1
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2019-02-21 0:23 [PATCH] Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255 Kalash Nainwal
@ 2019-02-22 23:22 ` David Miller
2019-02-22 23:28 ` Kalash Nainwal
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: David Miller @ 2019-02-22 23:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: kalash; +Cc: netdev, linux-kernel
From: Kalash Nainwal <kalash@arista.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:23:04 -0800
> Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255 to
> keep legacy software happy. This is similar to what was done for
> ipv4 in commit 709772e6e065 ("net: Fix routing tables with
> id > 255 for legacy software").
>
> Signed-off-by: Kalash Nainwal <kalash@arista.com>
Applied and queued up for -stable.
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2019-02-22 23:22 ` David Miller
@ 2019-02-22 23:28 ` Kalash Nainwal
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Kalash Nainwal @ 2019-02-22 23:28 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Miller; +Cc: netdev, linux-kernel
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 3:22 PM David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: Kalash Nainwal <kalash@arista.com>
> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:23:04 -0800
>
> > Set rtm_table to RT_TABLE_COMPAT for ipv6 for tables > 255 to
> > keep legacy software happy. This is similar to what was done for
> > ipv4 in commit 709772e6e065 ("net: Fix routing tables with
> > id > 255 for legacy software").
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kalash Nainwal <kalash@arista.com>
>
> Applied and queued up for -stable.
Thanks Dave.
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