ip_route_output() contains a check to make sure that no flows with non-local source IP addresses are routed. Unfortunately this check makes it completely impossible to use non-local bound sockets as no outbound packets will make through the stack.
This patch moves the interface lookup to the multicast-specific code path as that is the only real user of the interface data looked up. Signed-off-by: KOVACS Krisztian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- net/ipv4/route.c | 13 +++++-------- 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c index 537b976..bb1158a 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/route.c +++ b/net/ipv4/route.c @@ -2498,11 +2498,6 @@ #endif ZERONET(oldflp->fl4_src)) goto out; - /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */ - dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src); - if (dev_out == NULL) - goto out; - /* I removed check for oif == dev_out->oif here. It was wrong for two reasons: 1. ip_dev_find(saddr) can return wrong iface, if saddr is @@ -2528,12 +2523,14 @@ #endif Luckily, this hack is good workaround. */ + /* It is equivalent to inet_addr_type(saddr) == RTN_LOCAL */ + dev_out = ip_dev_find(oldflp->fl4_src); + if (dev_out == NULL) + goto out; + fl.oif = dev_out->ifindex; goto make_route; } - if (dev_out) - dev_put(dev_out); - dev_out = NULL; } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html