From: Alin Nastac <alin.nas...@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2019 16:05:31 +0100
> Original packet destination address must be used as saddr for the > route lookup performed by icmp6_send() even when this address is > not local. This fixes the IPv6 router ability to send back > destination unreachable ICMPv6 errors for forwarded packets when > the route toward the saddr of the original packet is source > filtered (e.g. a default route with a "from PD" attribute, where > PD is the delegated prefix). > > Signed-off-by: Alin Nastac <alin.nas...@gmail.com> Yes, but however this will change behavior for a lot of situations not just the one you are interested in. The base ipv6_chk_addr() test has been there for more than a decade and I'm not comfortable with changing this logic until I see you write up a full audit of all of the use cases of icmp6_send() and how they are impacted by your changes. Thanks.
