From patchwork Sat Mar 20 00:02:21 2021 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Patchwork-Submitter: Seth David Schoen X-Patchwork-Id: 405256 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-13.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,INCLUDES_PATCH, MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 149E1C433E0 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:12:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D69E561983 for ; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:12:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230076AbhCTALy (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:11:54 -0400 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:39972 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229948AbhCTALf (ORCPT ); Fri, 19 Mar 2021 20:11:35 -0400 Received: from frotz.zork.net (frotz.zork.net [IPv6:2600:3c00:e000:35f::1]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7B775C061762 for ; Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:11:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: by frotz.zork.net (Postfix, from userid 1008) id E238A119A8; Sat, 20 Mar 2021 00:02:21 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 frotz.zork.net E238A119A8 Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:02:21 -0700 From: Seth David Schoen To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Cc: davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, gnu@toad.com, dave.taht@gmail.com Subject: [PATCH net-next 1/2] ip: Treat IPv4 segment's lowest address as unicast Message-ID: <20210320000221.GA10062@frotz.zork.net> Mail-Followup-To: Seth David Schoen , netdev@vger.kernel.org, davem@davemloft.net, kuba@kernel.org, gnu@toad.com, dave.taht@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: netdev@vger.kernel.org Treat the lowest-numbered address in each IPv4 network segment as unicast, not broadcast. Signed-off-by: Seth David Schoen Suggested-by: John Gilmore Acked-by: Dave Taht --- net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c index 84bb707bd88d..bfb345c88271 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c +++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c @@ -1122,10 +1122,8 @@ void fib_add_ifaddr(struct in_ifaddr *ifa) prefix, ifa->ifa_prefixlen, prim, ifa->ifa_rt_priority); - /* Add network specific broadcasts, when it takes a sense */ + /* Add the network broadcast address, when it makes sense */ if (ifa->ifa_prefixlen < 31) { - fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix, 32, - prim, 0); fib_magic(RTM_NEWROUTE, RTN_BROADCAST, prefix | ~mask, 32, prim, 0); }