Merge tag 'asoc-v4.1' into asoc-next
[firefly-linux-kernel-4.4.55.git] / net / ipv6 / ndisc.c
index 471ed24aabaec4b1d8736438696ca3490d4e0f58..14ecdaf06bf7497dc71199fc5638b49592a24655 100644 (file)
@@ -1218,7 +1218,14 @@ static void ndisc_router_discovery(struct sk_buff *skb)
        if (rt)
                rt6_set_expires(rt, jiffies + (HZ * lifetime));
        if (ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
-               in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit;
+               /* Only set hop_limit on the interface if it is higher than
+                * the current hop_limit.
+                */
+               if (in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit < ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit) {
+                       in6_dev->cnf.hop_limit = ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit;
+               } else {
+                       ND_PRINTK(2, warn, "RA: Got route advertisement with lower hop_limit than current\n");
+               }
                if (rt)
                        dst_metric_set(&rt->dst, RTAX_HOPLIMIT,
                                       ra_msg->icmph.icmp6_hop_limit);