linux/net/ipv6
Benjamin Thery 999890b21a net: /proc/net/ip_mr_cache, display Iif as a signed short
Today, iproute2 fails to show multicast forwarding unresolved cache
entries while scanning /proc/net/ip_mr_cache.

Indeed, it expects to see -1 in 'Iif' column to identify unresolved
entries but the kernel outputs 65535. It's a signed/unsigned issue:

'Iif', the source interface, is retrieved from member mfc_parent in
struct mfc_cache. mfc_parent is a vifi_t: unsigned short, but is
displayed in ipmr_mfc_seq_show() as "%-3d", signed integer.

In unresolevd entries, the 65535 value (0xFFFF) comes from this define:
#define ALL_VIFS    ((vifi_t)(-1))

That may explains why the guy who added support for this in iproute2
thought a -1 should be expected.

I don't know if this must be fixed in kernel or in iproute2. Who is
right? What is the correct API? How was it designed originally?

I let you decide if it should goes in the kernel or be fixed in iproute2.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Thery <benjamin.thery@bull.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2008-12-03 22:22:16 -08:00
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netfilter Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6 2008-11-28 02:19:15 -08:00
addrconf_core.c
addrconf.c ip: convert to net_device_ops for ioctl 2008-11-19 22:42:41 -08:00
addrlabel.c net: replace %p6 with %pI6 2008-10-29 12:52:50 -07:00
af_inet6.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
ah6.c netns xfrm: AH/ESP in netns! 2008-11-25 17:59:27 -08:00
anycast.c net: replace %#p6 format specifier with %pi6 2008-10-29 12:50:24 -07:00
datagram.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
esp6.c netns xfrm: AH/ESP in netns! 2008-11-25 17:59:27 -08:00
exthdrs_core.c
exthdrs.c net: replace %p6 with %pI6 2008-10-29 12:52:50 -07:00
fib6_rules.c netns: Add network namespace argument to rt6_fill_node() and ipv6_dev_get_saddr() 2008-08-14 15:33:21 -07:00
icmp.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
inet6_connection_sock.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
inet6_hashtables.c net: Convert TCP/DCCP listening hash tables to use RCU 2008-11-23 17:22:55 -08:00
ip6_fib.c netns: Add network namespace argument to rt6_fill_node() and ipv6_dev_get_saddr() 2008-08-14 15:33:21 -07:00
ip6_flowlabel.c ipv6: fix warning in net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c 2008-11-25 16:50:30 -08:00
ip6_input.c ipv6: added net argument to IP6_INC_STATS_BH 2008-10-08 11:09:27 -07:00
ip6_output.c net: reduce structures when XFRM=n 2008-10-28 13:24:06 -07:00
ip6_tunnel.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
ip6mr.c net: /proc/net/ip_mr_cache, display Iif as a signed short 2008-12-03 22:22:16 -08:00
ipcomp6.c netns xfrm: state lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:30:50 -08:00
ipv6_sockglue.c ipv6: routing header fixes 2008-11-12 22:59:21 -08:00
Kconfig
Makefile
mcast.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
mip6.c netns xfrm: KM reporting in netns 2008-11-25 17:51:01 -08:00
ndisc.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
netfilter.c Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kaber/nf-next-2.6 2008-11-28 02:19:15 -08:00
proc.c net: fix tiny output corruption of /proc/net/snmp6 2008-11-20 04:20:10 -08:00
protocol.c
raw.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
reassembly.c net: '&' redux 2008-11-03 18:21:05 -08:00
route.c net: remove struct dst_entry::entry_size 2008-11-11 17:25:22 -08:00
sit.c net: fix tunnels in netns after ndo_ changes 2008-11-23 17:26:26 -08:00
syncookies.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
sysctl_net_ipv6.c net: '&' redux 2008-11-03 18:21:05 -08:00
tcp_ipv6.c net: Use a percpu_counter for sockets_allocated 2008-11-25 21:16:35 -08:00
tunnel6.c
udp_impl.h udp: introduce struct udp_table and multiple spinlocks 2008-10-29 01:41:45 -07:00
udp.c netns xfrm: lookup in netns 2008-11-25 17:35:18 -08:00
udplite.c udp: RCU handling for Unicast packets. 2008-10-29 02:11:14 -07:00
xfrm6_input.c netns xfrm: per-netns MIBs 2008-11-25 17:59:52 -08:00
xfrm6_mode_beet.c ipsec: Interfamily IPSec BEET, ipv4-inner ipv6-outer 2008-08-06 02:40:25 -07:00
xfrm6_mode_ro.c
xfrm6_mode_transport.c
xfrm6_mode_tunnel.c
xfrm6_output.c
xfrm6_policy.c netns xfrm: ->get_saddr in netns 2008-11-25 17:56:49 -08:00
xfrm6_state.c xfrm: remove useless forward declarations 2008-11-25 01:05:54 -08:00
xfrm6_tunnel.c