Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | "Matwey V. Kornilov" <> | Subject | [PATCH] net: core: netpoll: Enable netconsole IPv6 link local address | Date | Fri, 2 Nov 2018 21:19:36 +0300 |
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There is no reason to discard using source link local address when remote netconsole IPv6 address is set to be link local one.
The patch allows administrators to use IPv6 netconsole without explicitly configuring source address:
netconsole=@/,@fe80::5054:ff:fe2f:6012/
Signed-off-by: Matwey V. Kornilov <matwey@sai.msu.ru> --- net/core/netpoll.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/core/netpoll.c b/net/core/netpoll.c index 5da9552b186b..2b9fdbc43205 100644 --- a/net/core/netpoll.c +++ b/net/core/netpoll.c @@ -717,7 +717,8 @@ int netpoll_setup(struct netpoll *np) read_lock_bh(&idev->lock); list_for_each_entry(ifp, &idev->addr_list, if_list) { - if (ipv6_addr_type(&ifp->addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) + if (!!(ipv6_addr_type(&ifp->addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL) != + !!(ipv6_addr_type(&np->remote_ip.in6) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)) continue; np->local_ip.in6 = ifp->addr; err = 0; -- 2.16.4
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