From: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6/l3mdev: Move host route on saved address if necessary
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:46:46 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56D64606.7040202@cumulusnetworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160301.172312.1539246311423803200.davem@davemloft.net>
On 3/1/16 2:23 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:59:17 -0800
>
>> Commit f1705ec197e70 allows IPv6 addresses to be retained on a link down.
>> The address can have a cached host route which can point to the wrong
>> FIB table if the L3 enslavement is changed (e.g., route can point to local
>> table instead of VRF table if device is added to an L3 domain).
>>
>> On link up check the table of the cached host route against the FIB
>> table associated with the device and correct if needed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@cumulusnetworks.com>
>
> Ugly... but applied, thanks.
>
This is an example of what I meant by complications with the suggestion
of stashing the prefix route. Would you prefer the host route always get
freed on a down and re-created on an up?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-03-02 1:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-27 17:59 [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6/l3mdev: Move host route on saved address if necessary David Ahern
2016-03-01 22:23 ` David Miller
2016-03-02 1:46 ` David Ahern [this message]
2016-03-03 22:11 ` David Miller
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