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    route: add support for directed broadcast forwarding · 5cbf777c
    Xin Long authored
    This patch implements the feature described in rfc1812#section-5.3.5.2
    and rfc2644. It allows the router to forward directed broadcast when
    sysctl bc_forwarding is enabled.
    
    Note that this feature could be done by iptables -j TEE, but it would
    cause some problems:
      - target TEE's gateway param has to be set with a specific address,
        and it's not flexible especially when the route wants forward all
        directed broadcasts.
      - this duplicates the directed broadcasts so this may cause side
        effects to applications.
    
    Besides, to keep consistent with other os router like BSD, it's also
    necessary to implement it in the route rx path.
    
    Note that route cache needs to be flushed when bc_forwarding is
    changed.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarXin Long <lucien.xin@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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