From 94c821c74bf5fe0c25e09df5334a16f98608db90 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Seth David Schoen Date: Wed, 12 May 2021 21:37:49 -0700 Subject: ip: Treat IPv4 segment's lowest address as unicast Treat only the highest, not the lowest, IPv4 address within a local subnet as a broadcast address. Signed-off-by: Seth David Schoen Suggested-by: John Gilmore Acked-by: Dave Taht Reviewed-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: David S. Miller --- net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'net/ipv4') 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); } -- cgit v1.2.3