Point-to-Point interfaces regressions
Li, Qing
qing.li at bluecoat.com
Fri Sep 25 07:37:40 UTC 2009
>
> Li, Qing wrote:
> >> Me and many other people running net/mpd handling thousands of PtP
> >> interfaces sharing local addresses with each other and with some
> >> Ethernet interface. This change makes such setup inoperable, as mpd
> >> will constantly receive errors while trying to set addresses and
> >> drop connections.
> >
> > I can revert to the old behavior. I asked for feedback and
received
> > none at the time ...
>
> I would like to see it working, but working correctly. If it is not
> possible to implement it correctly - then reverted, or at least
> disabled
> by default.
>
Asking for compatibility is reasonable but the existing packet
leaking behavior is incorrect.
After reviewing the previous thread on this topic back in July,
I see that Henri Hennebert requested this feature for IPv6.
I intend to introduce a sysctl variable to control whether loopback
route should be installed for the local end point. By default
the old behavior maintained.
-- Qing
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