Modifying the ping_supported function to support probe message types allows the user to send probe requests through the existing framework for sending ping requests.
Signed-off-by: Andreas Roeseler <andreas.a.roese...@gmail.com> --- net/ipv4/ping.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/net/ipv4/ping.c b/net/ipv4/ping.c index 248856b301c4..0077ef838fef 100644 --- a/net/ipv4/ping.c +++ b/net/ipv4/ping.c @@ -453,7 +453,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ping_bind); static inline int ping_supported(int family, int type, int code) { return (family == AF_INET && type == ICMP_ECHO && code == 0) || - (family == AF_INET6 && type == ICMPV6_ECHO_REQUEST && code == 0); + (family == AF_INET && type == ICMP_EXT_ECHO && code == 0) || + (family == AF_INET6 && type == ICMPV6_ECHO_REQUEST && code == 0) || + (family == AF_INET6 && type == ICMPV6_EXT_ECHO_REQUEST && code == 0); } /* -- 2.29.2