Re: [PATCH] icmp: Set sin6_scope_id for outbound ICMPv6 echo requests

[David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>]

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On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 05:45:30PM +0200, Stefano Brivio wrote:
> If we ping a link-local address, we need to pass this to sendto(), as
> it will obviously fail with -EINVAL otherwise.
> 
> If we ping other addresses, it's probably a good idea anyway to
> specify the configured outbound interface here.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>

Reviewed-by: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>

> ---
>  icmp.c | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/icmp.c b/icmp.c
> index 6bd87fd..21ea2d7 100644
> --- a/icmp.c
> +++ b/icmp.c
> @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ int icmp_tap_handler(const struct ctx *c, int af, const void *addr,
>  		struct sockaddr_in6 sa = {
>  			.sin6_family = AF_INET6,
>  			.sin6_addr = IN6ADDR_ANY_INIT,
> +			.sin6_scope_id = c->ifi6,
>  		};
>  		struct icmp6hdr *ih;
>  		int id, s;

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