How shall I fix this?
I think the correct scope is RT_SCOPE_HOST.
Anyone know why RT_SCOPE_LINK was chosen?
On Tue, 2007-02-06 at 15:17 -0600, Steve Wise wrote:
> > Try copying inet_select_addr source in from some upstream kernel,
> > look at that.
> >
>
> It appears that xxx_ip_find_dev() should be calling inet_select_addr
> with RT_SCOPE_HOST and not RT_SCOPE_LINK. Everything works fine for me
> if I change xxx_ip_find_dev() to use RT_SCOPE_HOST.
>
>
> >From the header file linux/rtnetlink.h. Note the comment on HOST vs
> LINK:
>
>
> /* rtm_scope
>
> Really it is not scope, but sort of distance to the destination.
> NOWHERE are reserved for not existing destinations, HOST is our
> local addresses, LINK are destinations, located on directly attached
> link and UNIVERSE is everywhere in the Universe.
>
> Intermediate values are also possible f.e. interior routes
> could be assigned a value between UNIVERSE and LINK.
> */
>
> enum rt_scope_t
> {
> RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE=0,
> /* User defined values */
> RT_SCOPE_SITE=200,
> RT_SCOPE_LINK=253,
> RT_SCOPE_HOST=254,
> RT_SCOPE_NOWHERE=255
> };
>
>
>
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