Re: [RFC] ipv6: protocol for address routes

[David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:54:41 -0700

> This fixes a problem spotted with zebra, but not sure if it is
> necessary a kernel problem.  With IPV6 when an address is added to
> an interface, Zebra creates a duplicate RIB entry, one as a
> connected route, and other as a kernel route.
>
> When an address is added to an interface the RTN_NEWADDR message
> causes Zebra to create a connected route. In IPV4 when an address is
> added to an interface a RTN_NEWROUTE message is set to user space
> with the protocol RTPROT_KERNEL. Zebra ignores these messages,
> because it already has the connected route.
>
> The problem is that route created in IPV6 has route protocol ==
> RTPROT_BOOT.  Was this a design decision or a bug? This fixes
> it. Same patch applies to both net-2.6 and stable.
>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@xxxxxxxxxx>

I've applied this to net-2.6, thanks Stephen.
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