netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: fix fib metrics

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Date:	Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:44:12 +0100
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	alessandro.suardi@...il.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: fix fib metrics

Le jeudi 24 mars 2011 à 15:36 -0700, David Miller a écrit :
> From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 23:32:26 +0100
> 
> > Then it doesnt work anymore because it parses an ipip field from
> > ip route get ...
> > 
> > $ ip ro get 192.168.1.1
> > 192.168.1.1 dev wlan0  src 192.168.1.21 
> >     cache  ipid 0x784c mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64
> > 
> > 
> > Maybe you upgraded iproute2
> 
> I'm leaning towards app bug too.
> 
> These default metrics wouldn't get printed before, but now because of
> how metrics are handled, they will.
> 
> Userland needs to cope properly with this.


BTW, ipip is not always printed (even on old kernels) : One needs to
actually need ipip generation .

edumazet@...mazet-laptop:~$ ping 4.4.4.4
PING 4.4.4.4 (4.4.4.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
^C

edumazet@...mazet-laptop:~$ ip ro get 4.4.4.4
4.4.4.4 dev ppp0  src 10.150.51.210 
    cache  mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64

edumazet@...mazet-laptop:~$ ping -s 2000 4.4.4.4
PING 4.4.4.4 (4.4.4.4) 2000(2028) bytes of data.
^C

edumazet@...mazet-laptop:~$ ip ro get 4.4.4.4
4.4.4.4 dev ppp0  src 10.150.51.210 
    cache  ipid 0xf99a mtu 1500 advmss 1460 hoplimit 64


This on a 2.6.35 kernel

I suspect Alessandro tool had a bug anyway.



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