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    ipv6: Return error for RTA_VIA attribute · e3818541
    David Ahern authored
    IPv6 currently does not support nexthops outside of the AF_INET6 family.
    Specifically, it does not handle RTA_VIA attribute. If it is passed
    in a route add request, the actual route added only uses the device
    which is clearly not what the user intended:
    
      $ ip -6 ro add 2001:db8:2::/64 via inet 172.16.1.1 dev eth0
      $ ip ro ls
      ...
      2001:db8:2::/64 dev eth0 metric 1024 pref medium
    
    Catch this and fail the route add:
      $ ip -6 ro add 2001:db8:2::/64 via inet 172.16.1.1 dev eth0
      Error: IPv6 does not support RTA_VIA attribute.
    
    Fixes: 03c05665 ("mpls: Netlink commands to add, remove, and dump routes")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
    e3818541
route.c 133 KB