From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/18] ipv6: Align nexthop behaviour with IPv4 Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2018 21:30:17 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20180107.213017.689706436039823827.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20180107104518.31693-1-idosch@mellanox.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dsahern@gmail.com, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com, weiwan@google.com, kafai@fb.com, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, mlxsw@mellanox.com To: idosch@mellanox.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:35472 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755097AbeAHCaV (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Jan 2018 21:30:21 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20180107104518.31693-1-idosch@mellanox.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Ido Schimmel Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 12:45:00 +0200 > This set tries to eliminate some differences between IPv4's and IPv6's > treatment of nexthops. These differences are most likely a side effect > of IPv6's data structures (specifically 'rt6_info') that incorporate > both the route and the nexthop and the late addition of ECMP support in > commit 51ebd3181572 ("ipv6: add support of equal cost multipath > (ECMP)"). ... > Finally, this series also serves as a good first step towards David > Ahern's goal of treating nexthops as standalone objects [2], as it makes > the code more in line with IPv4 where the nexthop and the nexthop group > are separate objects from the route itself. ... Looks great, series applied, thanks Ido!