KOVACS Krisztian wrote: > 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'm not sure how exactly this is used by applications, but couldn't you restrict this to sockets without freebind? - 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
