2016-06-27 20:30 GMT-03:00 Jeremie Courreges-Anglas <[email protected]>: > Renato Westphal <[email protected]> writes: > >> 2016-06-27 19:01 GMT-03:00 Alexander Bluhm <[email protected]>: >>> On Mon, Jun 27, 2016 at 11:57:08PM +0200, J??r??mie Courr??ges-Anglas wrote: >>>> Alexander Bluhm <[email protected]> writes: >>>> > The man page says IPV6_MINHOPCOUNT is only for unicast packets. >>>> > The ugly part of the code is dealing with multicast packets. >>>> >>>> IIUC Renato also needs multicast support. I thought it wouldn't be >>>> a problem to extend the IPV6_MINHOPCOUNT scope. >>> >>> If he needs it, just remove the word "unicast" from the man page. >>> Then it is OK bluhm@ > > Ack, thanks. > >> Yes, I need this to implement support for RFC 7552, which says: "(...) >> the LDP Link Hello packets MUST have their IPv6 Hop Limit set to 255, >> be checked for the same upon receipt (before any LDP-specific >> processing)". And LDP Link Hello packets are multicast UDP packets... >> >> Also, besides removing the word "unicast" from the man page, I'd go >> further and rename "datagrams" to "packets", which is a more generic >> term. > > Makes sense. Updated diff below, I'll probably commit it tomorrow > (tuesday CEST): let me know if this is enough for ldpd.
Yes, that's all I need. Thank you :) -- Renato Westphal
