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[net-next] ipv6 mcast: Do not join device multicast for interface-local multicasts.

Message ID 51165D66.5090200@linux-ipv6.org
State Accepted, archived
Delegated to: David Miller
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YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / 吉藤英明 Feb. 9, 2013, 2:29 p.m. UTC
RFC4291 (IPv6 addressing architecture) says that interface-Local scope
spans only a single interface on a node.  We should not join L2 device
multicast list for addresses in interface-local (or smaller) scope.

Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
---
 net/ipv6/mcast.c |    8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

Comments

Hannes Frederic Sowa Feb. 10, 2013, 12:51 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013 at 11:29:58PM +0900, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki wrote:
> RFC4291 (IPv6 addressing architecture) says that interface-Local scope
> spans only a single interface on a node.  We should not join L2 device
> multicast list for addresses in interface-local (or smaller) scope.
> 
> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>

Had this patch in my tree while testing and it is definitely the right thing
to do:

Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@stressinduktion.org>

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David Miller Feb. 11, 2013, 5:22 a.m. UTC | #2
From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 23:29:58 +0900

> RFC4291 (IPv6 addressing architecture) says that interface-Local scope
> spans only a single interface on a node.  We should not join L2 device
> multicast list for addresses in interface-local (or smaller) scope.
> 
> Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>

Applied.
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Patch

diff --git a/net/ipv6/mcast.c b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
index e5de4855..3a2849f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/mcast.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/mcast.c
@@ -661,6 +661,10 @@  static void igmp6_group_added(struct ifmcaddr6 *mc)
 	struct net_device *dev = mc->idev->dev;
 	char buf[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
 
+	if (IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&mc->mca_addr) <
+	    IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&mc->mca_lock);
 	if (!(mc->mca_flags&MAF_LOADED)) {
 		mc->mca_flags |= MAF_LOADED;
@@ -687,6 +691,10 @@  static void igmp6_group_dropped(struct ifmcaddr6 *mc)
 	struct net_device *dev = mc->idev->dev;
 	char buf[MAX_ADDR_LEN];
 
+	if (IPV6_ADDR_MC_SCOPE(&mc->mca_addr) <
+	    IPV6_ADDR_SCOPE_LINKLOCAL)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&mc->mca_lock);
 	if (mc->mca_flags&MAF_LOADED) {
 		mc->mca_flags &= ~MAF_LOADED;