[PATCH 0/2] Allow rules to track originating protocol

[PATCH 0/2] Allow rules to track originating protocol

[Donald Sharp]

Add the ability for the kernel to track the originating protocol
for when new rules are added to the kernel.

Donald Sharp (2):
  net: Allow a rule to track originating protocol
  drivers: Modify vrf device to specify it's rule as RTPROT_KERNEL

 drivers/net/vrf.c              | 1 +
 include/net/fib_rules.h        | 3 ++-
 include/uapi/linux/fib_rules.h | 2 +-
 net/core/fib_rules.c           | 7 ++++++-
 4 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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Re: [PATCH 0/2] Allow rules to track originating protocol

[David Miller]

From: Donald Sharp <sharpd@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2018 07:31:46 -0500

> Add the ability for the kernel to track the originating protocol
> for when new rules are added to the kernel.

I think you need to collapse these two patches together.

The first patch will create a situation where VRF rules cannot be
deleted properly since the protocol field is not being initialized,
and that would be a regression.

Thank you.