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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] ipv4/raw: support binding to nonlocal addresses
On Tue,  2 Nov 2021 15:19:21 +0100 Riccardo Paolo Bestetti wrote:
> Add support to inet v4 raw sockets for binding to nonlocal addresses
> through the IP_FREEBIND and IP_TRANSPARENT socket options, as well as
> the ipv4.ip_nonlocal_bind kernel parameter.
>
> Add helper function to inet_sock.h to check for bind address validity on
> the base of the address type and whether nonlocal address are enabled
> for the socket via any of the sockopts/sysctl, deduplicating checks in
> ipv4/ping.c, ipv4/af_inet.c, ipv6/af_inet6.c (for mapped v4->v6
> addresses), and ipv4/raw.c.
>
> Add test cases with IP[V6]_FREEBIND verifying that both v4 and v6 raw
> sockets support binding to nonlocal addresses after the change. Add
> necessary support for the test cases to nettest.
>
> Signed-off-by: Riccardo Paolo Bestetti <pbl@bestov.io>

Thanks for the patch, please keep Dave's review tag and repost
in ~2 weeks.


# Form letter - net-next is closed

We have already sent the networking pull request for 5.16
and therefore net-next is closed for new drivers, features,
code refactoring and optimizations. We are currently accepting
bug fixes only.

Please repost when net-next reopens after 5.15-rc1 is cut.

Look out for the announcement on the mailing list or check:
http://vger.kernel.org/~davem/net-next.html

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