Brian Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 12/19/2007 07:35:46 AM:
...
> >                 if (usin->sin6_scope_id)
> >                         sk->sk_bound_dev_if = usin->sin6_scope_id;
> >                 if (!sk->sk_bound_dev_if &&
> >                      (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST))
> >                         fl.oif = np->mcast_oif;
> 
> This assignment will not get us past the next check...

        Yeah, that's what I get for typing in off-the-cuff code. What
I was thinking was the fl.oif assignment instead was:
        if (!sk->sk_bound_dev_if &&
                (addr_type & IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST))
                        sk->sk_bound_dev_if = np->mcast_oif;

Which it is not, but maybe it could be, since this is a connect().

That patch looks better, but I'm wondering if we could just remove the
requirement that sin6_scope_id be set here if it's multicast, since it
is doing the following later in the code:

        if (!fl.oif && (addr_type&IPV6_ADDR_MULTICAST))
                fl.oif = np->mcast_oif;

So, really, all we need to do is get through the LINKLOCAL section
without error in the multicast case and we can remove the redundant
multicast check there. I think that'd be simpler.

I also note that sin6_scope_id appears not to be honored at all in
the non-linklocal case, which may be correct, but surprises me.

I want to look a little more at this; I know you have a customer
issue, so I'll make it quick.

                                                                +-DLS

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