I'd like to put the link-layer address back into the gateway field of RTF_LOCAL addresses. The problem is that RTF_LOCAL routes are also marked as RTF_LLINFO and a lot of code assume (correctly) that such routes contain valid ARP or ND information.
I believe we decided to use an ``empty'' lladdr because previously all the routes created via rt_ifa_add(9) were using the same code and we needed the exact same gateway to remove MPATH routes. But now that only RTF_LOCAL routes use this code and taking into consideration that such route *cannot* be MPATH, we can simply use "ifp->if_sadl" instead of a blank sockaddr_dl. This should also fix the "(imcomplete)" output in arp(8) and ndp(8). Ok? Index: net/route.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/net/route.c,v retrieving revision 1.212 diff -u -p -r1.212 route.c --- net/route.c 26 May 2015 12:19:51 -0000 1.212 +++ net/route.c 4 Jun 2015 10:03:51 -0000 @@ -1121,27 +1121,23 @@ rt_maskedcopy(struct sockaddr *src, stru int rt_ifa_add(struct ifaddr *ifa, int flags, struct sockaddr *dst) { + struct ifnet *ifp = ifa->ifa_ifp; struct rtentry *rt, *nrt = NULL; struct sockaddr_rtlabel sa_rl; - struct sockaddr_dl sa_dl = { sizeof(sa_dl), AF_LINK }; struct rt_addrinfo info; - u_short rtableid = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_rdomain; - u_int8_t prio = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_priority + RTP_STATIC; + u_short rtableid = ifp->if_rdomain; + u_int8_t prio = ifp->if_priority + RTP_STATIC; int error; - sa_dl.sdl_type = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_type; - sa_dl.sdl_index = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_index; - memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info)); info.rti_ifa = ifa; info.rti_flags = flags | RTF_MPATH; info.rti_info[RTAX_DST] = dst; if (flags & RTF_LLINFO) - info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = (struct sockaddr *)&sa_dl; + info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = (struct sockaddr *)ifp->if_sadl; else info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = ifa->ifa_addr; - info.rti_info[RTAX_LABEL] = - rtlabel_id2sa(ifa->ifa_ifp->if_rtlabelid, &sa_rl); + info.rti_info[RTAX_LABEL] = rtlabel_id2sa(ifp->if_rtlabelid, &sa_rl); #ifdef MPLS if ((flags & RTF_MPLS) == RTF_MPLS) { @@ -1189,14 +1185,14 @@ rt_ifa_add(struct ifaddr *ifa, int flags int rt_ifa_del(struct ifaddr *ifa, int flags, struct sockaddr *dst) { + struct ifnet *ifp = ifa->ifa_ifp; struct rtentry *rt, *nrt = NULL; struct mbuf *m = NULL; struct sockaddr *deldst; struct rt_addrinfo info; struct sockaddr_rtlabel sa_rl; - struct sockaddr_dl sa_dl = { sizeof(sa_dl), AF_LINK }; - u_short rtableid = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_rdomain; - u_int8_t prio = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_priority + RTP_STATIC; + u_short rtableid = ifp->if_rdomain; + u_int8_t prio = ifp->if_priority + RTP_STATIC; int error; #ifdef MPLS @@ -1227,19 +1223,13 @@ rt_ifa_del(struct ifaddr *ifa, int flags } } - sa_dl.sdl_type = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_type; - sa_dl.sdl_index = ifa->ifa_ifp->if_index; - memset(&info, 0, sizeof(info)); info.rti_ifa = ifa; info.rti_flags = flags; info.rti_info[RTAX_DST] = dst; - if (flags & RTF_LLINFO) - info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = (struct sockaddr *)&sa_dl; - else + if ((flags & RTF_LLINFO) == 0) info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = ifa->ifa_addr; - info.rti_info[RTAX_LABEL] = - rtlabel_id2sa(ifa->ifa_ifp->if_rtlabelid, &sa_rl); + info.rti_info[RTAX_LABEL] = rtlabel_id2sa(ifp->if_rtlabelid, &sa_rl); if ((flags & RTF_HOST) == 0) info.rti_info[RTAX_NETMASK] = ifa->ifa_netmask; Index: netinet6/nd6.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvs/src/sys/netinet6/nd6.c,v retrieving revision 1.136 diff -u -p -r1.136 nd6.c --- netinet6/nd6.c 15 May 2015 12:00:57 -0000 1.136 +++ netinet6/nd6.c 4 Jun 2015 09:51:54 -0000 @@ -651,7 +651,6 @@ nd6_lookup(struct in6_addr *addr6, int c } if (!rt) { if (create && ifp) { - struct sockaddr_dl sa_dl = { sizeof(sa_dl), AF_LINK }; struct rt_addrinfo info; int e; @@ -667,9 +666,6 @@ nd6_lookup(struct in6_addr *addr6, int c if (ifa == NULL) return (NULL); - sa_dl.sdl_type = ifp->if_type; - sa_dl.sdl_index = ifp->if_index; - /* * Create a new route. RTF_LLINFO is necessary * to create a Neighbor Cache entry for the @@ -679,7 +675,8 @@ nd6_lookup(struct in6_addr *addr6, int c bzero(&info, sizeof(info)); info.rti_flags = RTF_UP | RTF_HOST | RTF_LLINFO; info.rti_info[RTAX_DST] = sin6tosa(&sin6); - info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = (struct sockaddr *)&sa_dl; + info.rti_info[RTAX_GATEWAY] = + (struct sockaddr *)ifp->if_sadl; if ((e = rtrequest1(RTM_ADD, &info, RTP_CONNECTED, &rt, rtableid)) != 0) { #if 0