From ea659e0775281e1c02556e939bf749bb4f55e50c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 09:45:45 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] [IPV6] ROUTE: Do not enable router reachability probing in
 router mode.

RFC4191 explicitly states that the procedures are applicable to
hosts only.  We should not have changed behavior of routers.

Signed-off-by: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index a972a6641ed54..b39ae99122d54 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -380,10 +380,11 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_select(struct rt6_info **head, int oif,
 			continue;
 
 		if (m > mpri) {
-			rt6_probe(match);
+			if (strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE)
+				rt6_probe(match);
 			match = rt;
 			mpri = m;
-		} else {
+		} else if (strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE) {
 			rt6_probe(rt);
 		}
 	}
@@ -636,7 +637,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route_input(struct fib6_table *table,
 	int strict = 0;
 	int attempts = 3;
 	int err;
-	int reachable = RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE;
+	int reachable = ipv6_devconf.forwarding ? 0 : RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE;
 
 	strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
 
@@ -733,7 +734,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route_output(struct fib6_table *table,
 	int strict = 0;
 	int attempts = 3;
 	int err;
-	int reachable = RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE;
+	int reachable = ipv6_devconf.forwarding ? 0 : RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE;
 
 	strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
 
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