From: "Maximilian Moehl" <maximilian@moehl.eu>
To: "Paolo Abeni" <pabeni@redhat.com>,
"Maximilian Moehl" <maximilian@moehl.eu>,
"David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net>,
"David Ahern" <dsahern@kernel.org>,
"Eric Dumazet" <edumazet@google.com>,
"Jakub Kicinski" <kuba@kernel.org>,
"Simon Horman" <horms@kernel.org>
Cc: <netdev@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/ipv6: repeat route lookup with saddr set for ECMP
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 14:50:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DHGZBEMZ25SW.3LE7U694ND0L0@moehl.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f73c3cf9-18e9-4109-b173-d6000cb0cf88@redhat.com>
On Mon Mar 30, 2026 at 9:56 AM CEST, Paolo Abeni wrote:
> On 3/29/26 11:12 AM, Maximilian Moehl wrote:
>> diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
>> index 8e2a6b28cea7..465fce51d017 100644
>> --- a/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
>> +++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_output.c
>> @@ -1148,6 +1148,18 @@ static int ip6_dst_lookup_tail(struct net *net, const struct sock *sk,
>> *dst = NULL;
>> }
>>
>> + /* If ECMP was involved the initial hash was calculted
>> + * with saddr=:: which can result in instability
>> + * when it is later re-calculated with the selected
>> + * saddr. Lookup the route again with the chosen
>> + * saddr to get a stable result.
>> + */
>> + if (fl6->mp_hash) {
>> + fl6->mp_hash = 0;
>> + dst_release(*dst);
>> + *dst = NULL;
>> + }
>> +
>> if (fl6->flowi6_oif)
>> flags |= RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
>> }
>
> This apparently breaks ipv6 fib tests (fib_tests.sh):
>
> # IPv6 multipath load balance test
> # TEST: IPv6 multipath loadbalance [FAIL]
>
> see
> https://github.com/linux-netdev/nipa/wiki/How-to-run-netdev-selftests-CI-style
> on how to reproduce the tests.
>
> Also this would deserve additional testcases.
Thank you for the pointer, I will look into the tests.
> Without diving much inside the code I have the feeling this change is
> plugged into the wrong place: multipath selection logic should be
> encapsulated by fib6_select_path().
To be able to move this logic into fib6_select_path(), the call to
ip6_route_get_saddr() would probably have to move as well as we need
to set the source address after the first lookup. This would then also
set the source address as a side-effect.
I can give this a try, just want to confirm that it's the correct way
before doing so or if I'm missing something.
--
Max
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-31 12:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-29 9:12 [PATCH] net/ipv6: repeat route lookup with saddr set for ECMP Maximilian Moehl
2026-03-30 7:56 ` Paolo Abeni
2026-03-31 12:50 ` Maximilian Moehl [this message]
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