Hello:
This series was applied to netdev/net.git (main)
by Jakub Kicinski <[email protected]>:
On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:44:08 +0100 you wrote:
> When replying to a ICMPv6 echo request that comes from localhost address
> the right output ifindex is 1 (lo) and not rt6i_idev dev index. Use the
> skb device ifindex instead. This fixes pinging to a local address from
> localhost source address.
>
> $ ping6 -I ::1 2001:1:1::2 -c 3
> PING 2001:1:1::2 (2001:1:1::2) from ::1 : 56 data bytes
> 64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.037 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.069 ms
> 64 bytes from 2001:1:1::2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.122 ms
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [1/2,net-next,v3] ipv6: use the right ifindex when replying to icmpv6 from
localhost
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/03cbcdf93866
- [2/2,net-next,v3] selftests: net: add ipv6 ping to local address from
localhost
https://git.kernel.org/netdev/net/c/1742272bd3fa
You are awesome, thank you!
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