On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 3:28 PM, Will Andrews <w...@firepipe.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Hiroki Sato <h...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > wi> * Always add loopback routes for non-zero FIBs, for both IPv4 and > > wi> IPv6. Arguably, this could be a policy issue, but it is currently > > wi> less-than-trivial to specify (in rc.conf) that a route needs to be > > wi> applied to every FIB. > > > > I am not sure why this is needed. Are the loopback host routes > > installed into all of the FIBs automatically when lo0 is initialized? > > > > Even if it is required, get_fibmod() is not necessary. The following > > should work: > > > > # route add -inet 127.0.0.1/8 -iface lo0 -fib all > > Other places in rc.d/routing can make use of 'all' in that case. > > No, loopback host routes are not installed into all FIBs, only FIB 0. > This is with rt_add_addr_allfibs == 0 (see rtinit1()), which probably > explains why. We could add an override for lo0 addresses, but perhaps > this is something that should be configurable? i.e. allow the > administrator to specify in rc.conf which FIBs lo0's host route should > be placed on? > When would you ever want lo0 to be inaccessible from some fibs? I can't think of any reasons. > > --Will. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
