From: Lv Liangying <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:45:04 -0400
> Hi, All
>
> When I tested Linux kernel 2.6.17.7 about statistics
> "ipv6IfStatsInAddrErrors", found that this counter couldn't increase
> correctly. The criteria is RFC2465:
> ipv6IfStatsInAddrErrors OBJECT-TYPE
> SYNTAX Counter32
> MAX-ACCESS read-only
> STATUS current
> DESCRIPTION
> "The number of input datagrams discarded because
> the IPv6 address in their IPv6 header's destination
> field was not a valid address to be received at
> this entity. This count includes invalid
> addresses (e.g., ::0) and unsupported addresses
> (e.g., addresses with unallocated prefixes). For
> entities which are not IPv6 routers and therefore
> do not forward datagrams, this counter includes
> datagrams discarded because the destination address
> was not a local address."
> ::= { ipv6IfStatsEntry 5 }
>
> When I send packet to host with destination that is ether invalid
> address(::0) or unsupported addresses(1::1), the Linux kernel just
> discard the packet, and the counter doesn't increase(in the function
> ip6_pkt_discard).
>
> signed-off by Lv Liangying <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Looks good, patch applied. Thanks a lot.
BTW, the correct form of a sign off is:
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Please keep the capitalization, colon character, etc.
consistent with that. Thanks again.
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