netdev - [PATCH] Improve cached ECMP documentation

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Date:	Wed, 07 Mar 2007 13:37:44 +0100
From:	Tore Anderson <tore@...pro.no>
To:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
Subject: [PATCH] Improve cached ECMP documentation

Document that equal-cost multipath routing with caching does not work
for forwarded packets.

Signed-Off-By: Tore Anderson <tore@...pro.no>
---

* Jarek Poplawski

> It is probably one of the most often asked questions
> on the LARTC, so I'd suggest to look at its archives.
>
> [...]
> 
> Multipath with caching doesn't work with forwarding.

  Well, I did look at LARTC's archives (and again after reading your
 mail), still couldn't find anything.  Sorry for bothering you, though.
 When I disabled the support it worked just fine (no need for iptables
 CONNMARK trickery or any of Julian's patches), so thanks for your help!

  Anyway, it strikes me as a bit odd that this feature is found under
 CONFIG_IP_ADVANCED_ROUTER when it doesn't work for routers.  That
 could at least be better documented - here's a patch to do just that.

--- a/net/ipv4/Kconfig
+++ b/net/ipv4/Kconfig
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_CACHED
 	  routing cache. If you say Y here, alternative routes are cached
 	  and on cache lookup a route is chosen in a configurable fashion.

+	  Be warned that this feature does not work for forwarded packets,
+	  and that enabling it will break equal cost multipath routing for
+	  forwarded traffic.
+
 	  If unsure, say N.

 config IP_ROUTE_MULTIPATH_RR

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