Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Allow the l3mdev to be a loopback

2018-09-19 Thread David Miller
From: David Ahern Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:19:05 -0700 > On 9/19/18 5:56 AM, Mike Manning wrote: >> From: Robert Shearman >> >> There is no way currently for an IPv6 client connect using a loopback >> address in a VRF, whereas for IPv4 the loopback address can be added: >> >> $ sudo ip ad

Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv6: Allow the l3mdev to be a loopback

2018-09-19 Thread David Ahern
On 9/19/18 5:56 AM, Mike Manning wrote: > From: Robert Shearman > > There is no way currently for an IPv6 client connect using a loopback > address in a VRF, whereas for IPv4 the loopback address can be added: > > $ sudo ip addr add dev vrfred 127.0.0.1/8 > $ sudo ip -6 addr add ::1/128

[PATCH net-next] ipv6: Allow the l3mdev to be a loopback

2018-09-19 Thread Mike Manning
From: Robert Shearman There is no way currently for an IPv6 client connect using a loopback address in a VRF, whereas for IPv4 the loopback address can be added: $ sudo ip addr add dev vrfred 127.0.0.1/8 $ sudo ip -6 addr add ::1/128 dev vrfred RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign reques

[PATCH net-next] ipv6: Allow the l3mdev to be a loopback

2018-09-19 Thread Mike Manning
There is no way currently for an IPv6 client connect using a loopback address in a VRF, whereas for IPv4 the loopback address can be added: $ sudo ip addr add dev vrfred 127.0.0.1/8 $ sudo ip -6 addr add ::1/128 dev vrfred RTNETLINK answers: Cannot assign requested address So allow ::