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From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
To: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: <davem@davemloft.net>, <kuba@kernel.org>, <pabeni@redhat.com>,
	<edumazet@google.com>, <dsahern@kernel.org>, <horms@kernel.org>,
	<willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>,
	Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH net] ipv6: Align behavior across nexthops during path selection
Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2025 11:43:16 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250408084316.243559-1-idosch@nvidia.com> (raw)

A nexthop is only chosen when the calculated multipath hash falls in the
nexthop's hash region (i.e., the hash is smaller than the nexthop's hash
threshold) and when the nexthop is assigned a non-negative score by
rt6_score_route().

Commit 4d0ab3a6885e ("ipv6: Start path selection from the first
nexthop") introduced an unintentional difference between the first
nexthop and the rest when the score is negative.

When the first nexthop matches, but has a negative score, the code will
currently evaluate subsequent nexthops until one is found with a
non-negative score. On the other hand, when a different nexthop matches,
but has a negative score, the code will fallback to the nexthop with
which the selection started ('match').

Align the behavior across all nexthops and fallback to 'match' when the
first nexthop matches, but has a negative score.

Fixes: 3d709f69a3e7 ("ipv6: Use hash-threshold instead of modulo-N")
Fixes: 4d0ab3a6885e ("ipv6: Start path selection from the first nexthop")
Reported-by: Willem de Bruijn <willemdebruijn.kernel@gmail.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/67efef607bc41_1ddca82948c@willemb.c.googlers.com.notmuch/
Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
---
 net/ipv6/route.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index ab12b816ab94..210b84cecc24 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -470,10 +470,10 @@ void fib6_select_path(const struct net *net, struct fib6_result *res,
 		goto out;
 
 	hash = fl6->mp_hash;
-	if (hash <= atomic_read(&first->fib6_nh->fib_nh_upper_bound) &&
-	    rt6_score_route(first->fib6_nh, first->fib6_flags, oif,
-			    strict) >= 0) {
-		match = first;
+	if (hash <= atomic_read(&first->fib6_nh->fib_nh_upper_bound)) {
+		if (rt6_score_route(first->fib6_nh, first->fib6_flags, oif,
+				    strict) >= 0)
+			match = first;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-- 
2.49.0


             reply	other threads:[~2025-04-08  8:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-04-08  8:43 Ido Schimmel [this message]
2025-04-08 14:02 ` [PATCH net] ipv6: Align behavior across nexthops during path selection Willem de Bruijn
2025-04-08 15:17 ` David Ahern
2025-04-10  1:10 ` patchwork-bot+netdevbpf

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