christos@astron.com said:
> I don't think that this is needed since the v4 sysctl node should be
> able to handle v6.

Yes, but since seperate sysctl nodes are created, I assumed
this was on purpose.

There is some code in sysctl_net_inet_tcp_ident():
        pf = name[-3];
	[...]
	if (pf != sa[0].ss_family [...]
which enforces that the AF in the sysctl mib matches
the pf in the socket addresses. It might be sufficient to just
replace that by something like
	pf = sa[0].ss_family

> The kernel
> support for v6 is there, but I am not sure if it deals with scoped
> addresses.

The scope information is not passed to inet6_ident_core().
I've tried with my patch: global addresses work, link-local not.

best regards
Matthias


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