From 148f97292e8fa2c35fcef60a7725cf1b073d6818 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bjorn Mork Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:17:53 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] [IPV4]: Reset scope when changing address This bug did bite at least one user, who did have to resort to rebooting the system after an "ifconfig eth0 127.0.0.1" typo. Deleting the address and adding a new is a less intrusive workaround. But I still beleive this is a bug that should be fixed. Some way or another. Another possibility would be to remove the scope mangling based on address. This will always be incomplete (are 127/8 the only address space with host scope requirements?) We set the scope to RT_SCOPE_HOST if an IPv4 interface is configured with a loopback address (127/8). The scope is never reset, and will remain set to RT_SCOPE_HOST after changing the address. This patch resets the scope if the address is changed again, to restore normal functionality. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Mork Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/devinet.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c index f282b26f63..87490f7bb0 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c +++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c @@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ int devinet_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg) inet_del_ifa(in_dev, ifap, 0); ifa->ifa_broadcast = 0; ifa->ifa_anycast = 0; + ifa->ifa_scope = 0; } ifa->ifa_address = ifa->ifa_local = sin->sin_addr.s_addr; -- 2.39.5