From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: Add address attribute to control metric of prefix route Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 10:13:09 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <20180529.101309.1793069518001119019.davem@davemloft.net> References: <20180527151000.30488-1-dsahern@kernel.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, dsahern@gmail.com To: dsahern@kernel.org Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:55756 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751572AbeE2ONL (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 May 2018 10:13:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180527151000.30488-1-dsahern@kernel.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: dsahern@kernel.org Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 08:09:52 -0700 > For use cases such as VRR (Virtual Router Redundancy) interface managers > want efficient control over the order of prefix routes when multiple > interfaces have addresses with overlapping/duplicate subnets. > > Currently, if two interfaces have addresses in the same subnet, the order > of the prefix route entries is determined by the order in which the > addresses are assigned or the links brought up. Any actions like cycling > an interface up and down changes that order. This set adds a new attribute > for addresses to allow a user to specify the metric of the prefix route > associated with an address giving interface managers better and more > efficient control of the order of prefix routes. Looks great, series applied, thanks David.