From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Robert Shearman Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v7] mpls: support for dead routes Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 18:23:23 +0000 Message-ID: <565F371B.3010508@brocade.com> References: <1449037091-12897-1-git-send-email-roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: , To: Roopa Prabhu , Return-path: Received: from mx0b-000f0801.pphosted.com ([67.231.152.113]:34694 "EHLO mx0b-000f0801.pphosted.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753431AbbLBSXk (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:23:40 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1449037091-12897-1-git-send-email-roopa@cumulusnetworks.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 02/12/15 06:18, Roopa Prabhu wrote: > From: Roopa Prabhu > > Adds support for RTNH_F_DEAD and RTNH_F_LINKDOWN flags on mpls > routes due to link events. Also adds code to ignore dead > routes during route selection. > > Unlike ip routes, mpls routes are not deleted when the route goes > dead. This is current mpls behaviour and this patch does not change > that. With this patch however, routes will be marked dead. > dead routes are not notified to userspace (this is consistent with ipv4 > routes). > ... > Acked-by: Robert Shearman > Signed-off-by: Roopa Prabhu