Re: [net-next, v3 1/1] seg6: allow local packet processing for SRv6 End.DT6 behavior

From: David Miller
Date: Fri Nov 22 2019 - 12:46:10 EST


From: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 17:22:42 +0100

> End.DT6 behavior makes use of seg6_lookup_nexthop() function which drops
> all packets that are destined to be locally processed. However, DT* should
> be able to deliver decapsulated packets that are destined to local
> addresses. Function seg6_lookup_nexthop() is also used by DX6, so in order
> to maintain compatibility I created another routing helper function which
> is called seg6_lookup_any_nexthop(). This function is able to take into
> account both packets that have to be processed locally and the ones that
> are destined to be forwarded directly to another machine. Hence,
> seg6_lookup_any_nexthop() is used in DT6 rather than seg6_lookup_nexthop()
> to allow local delivery.
>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Mayer <andrea.mayer@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied to net-next