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| author | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2023-01-27 22:25:19 -0800 |
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| committer | Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> | 2023-01-27 22:56:18 -0800 |
| commit | b568d3072a443fac22d35d6342f48ee27b811661 (patch) | |
| tree | ccfc287070b55e4aeffb6a57e9e0434bc5b40c90 /net/ipv6 | |
| parent | c2ea552065e43d05bce240f53c3185fd3a066204 (diff) | |
| parent | ff445b8397745ea94675162faa0e9b0079ca521d (diff) | |
Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net
Conflicts:
drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_main.c
418e53401e47 ("ice: move devlink port creation/deletion")
643ef23bd9dd ("ice: Introduce local var for readability")
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230127124025.0dacef40@canb.auug.org.au/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230124005714.3996270-1-anthony.l.nguyen@intel.com/
drivers/net/ethernet/engleder/tsnep_main.c
3d53aaef4332 ("tsnep: Fix TX queue stop/wake for multiple queues")
25faa6a4c5ca ("tsnep: Replace TX spin_lock with __netif_tx_lock")
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230127123604.36bb3e99@canb.auug.org.au/
net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_sctp.c
13bd9b31a969 ("Revert "netfilter: conntrack: add sctp DATA_SENT state"")
a44b7651489f ("netfilter: conntrack: unify established states for SCTP paths")
f71cb8f45d09 ("netfilter: conntrack: sctp: use nf log infrastructure for invalid packets")
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230127125052.674281f9@canb.auug.org.au/
https://lore.kernel.org/all/d36076f3-6add-a442-6d4b-ead9f7ffff86@tessares.net/
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'net/ipv6')
| -rw-r--r-- | net/ipv6/ip6_output.c | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c index 60fd91bb5171..c314fdde0097 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c @@ -547,7 +547,20 @@ int ip6_forward(struct sk_buff *skb) pneigh_lookup(&nd_tbl, net, &hdr->daddr, skb->dev, 0)) { int proxied = ip6_forward_proxy_check(skb); if (proxied > 0) { - hdr->hop_limit--; + /* It's tempting to decrease the hop limit + * here by 1, as we do at the end of the + * function too. + * + * But that would be incorrect, as proxying is + * not forwarding. The ip6_input function + * will handle this packet locally, and it + * depends on the hop limit being unchanged. + * + * One example is the NDP hop limit, that + * always has to stay 255, but other would be + * similar checks around RA packets, where the + * user can even change the desired limit. + */ return ip6_input(skb); } else if (proxied < 0) { __IP6_INC_STATS(net, idev, IPSTATS_MIB_INDISCARDS); |