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net: ipv6: check route protocol when deleting routes

The protocol field is checked when deleting IPv4 routes, but ignored for
IPv6, which causes problems with routing daemons accidentally deleting
externally set routes (observed by multiple bird6 users).

This can be verified using `ip -6 route del <prefix> proto something`.

Signed-off-by: Mantas Mikulėnas <grawity@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

authored by grawity.tngl.sh and committed by

David S. Miller c2ed1880 c762eaa7

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net/ipv6/route.c
··· 2174 2174 continue; 2175 2175 if (cfg->fc_metric && cfg->fc_metric != rt->rt6i_metric) 2176 2176 continue; 2177 + if (cfg->fc_protocol && cfg->fc_protocol != rt->rt6i_protocol) 2178 + continue; 2177 2179 dst_hold(&rt->dst); 2178 2180 read_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock); 2179 2181