ipv6: fix handling of throw routes It's the same problem that previous fix about blackhole and prohibit routes. When adding a throw route, it was handled like a classic route. Moreover, it was only possible to add this kind of routes by specifying an interface. Before the patch: $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128 RTNETLINK answers: No such device $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128 dev eth0 $ ip -6 route | grep 2001::2 2001::2 dev eth0 metric 1024 After: $ ip route add throw 2001::2/128 $ ip -6 route | grep 2001::2 throw 2001::2 dev lo metric 1024 error -11 Reported-by: Markus Stenberg <markus.stenberg@iki.fi> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c index fa26444..339d921 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/route.c +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -1471,6 +1471,9 @@ case RTN_PROHIBIT: rt->dst.error = -EACCES; break; + case RTN_THROW: + rt->dst.error = -EAGAIN; + break; default: rt->dst.error = -ENETUNREACH; break; @@ -2275,7 +2278,8 @@ if (rtm->rtm_type == RTN_UNREACHABLE || rtm->rtm_type == RTN_BLACKHOLE || - rtm->rtm_type == RTN_PROHIBIT) + rtm->rtm_type == RTN_PROHIBIT || + rtm->rtm_type == RTN_THROW) cfg->fc_flags |= RTF_REJECT; if (rtm->rtm_type == RTN_LOCAL) @@ -2412,6 +2416,9 @@ case -EACCES: rtm->rtm_type = RTN_PROHIBIT; break; + case -EAGAIN: + rtm->rtm_type = RTN_THROW; + break; default: rtm->rtm_type = RTN_UNREACHABLE; break;