ipv6: enable anycast addresses as source addresses for datagrams
This change allows to consider an anycast address valid as source address
when given via an IPV6_PKTINFO or IPV6_2292PKTINFO ancillary data item.
So, when sending a datagram with ancillary data, the unicast and anycast
addresses are handled in the same way.
- Adds ipv6_chk_acast_addr_src() to check if an anycast address is link-local
on given interface or is global.
- Uses it in ip6_datagram_send_ctl().
Signed-off-by: Francois-Xavier Le Bail <fx.lebail@yahoo.com>
Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv6/anycast.c b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
index 5a80f15..2101832 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/anycast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/anycast.c
@@ -383,6 +383,17 @@
return found;
}
+/* check if this anycast address is link-local on given interface or
+ * is global
+ */
+bool ipv6_chk_acast_addr_src(struct net *net, struct net_device *dev,
+ const struct in6_addr *addr)
+{
+ return ipv6_chk_acast_addr(net,
+ (ipv6_addr_type(addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL ?
+ dev : NULL),
+ addr);
+}
#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
struct ac6_iter_state {