Constant netlink_packet_route::rtnl::constants::RT_TABLE_COMPAT
source ยท pub const RT_TABLE_COMPAT: u8 = 252;
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A route table introduced for compatibility with old software which do not support table IDs
greater than 255. See commit 709772e6e065
in the kernel:
commit 709772e6e06564ed94ba740de70185ac3d792773
Author: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
Date: Tue Jun 10 15:44:49 2008 -0700
net: Fix routing tables with id > 255 for legacy software
Most legacy software do not like tables > 255 as rtm_table is u8
so tb_id is sent &0xff and it is possible to mismatch for example
table 510 with table 254 (main).
This patch introduces RT_TABLE_COMPAT=252 so the code uses it if
tb_id > 255. It makes such old applications happy, new
ones are still able to use RTA_TABLE to get a proper table id.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Piotr Oledzki <ole@ans.pl>
Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>