netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2 2/2] ip rule: add route suppression options

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Date:	Sun, 4 Aug 2013 11:56:22 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@...tarbyte.de>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2 v2 2/2] ip rule: add route suppression options

On Sat, 3 Aug 2013 14:23:16 +0200
Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@...tarbyte.de> wrote:

> When configuring a system with multiple network uplinks and default routes, it
> is often convenient to reference a routing table multiple times - but reject
> its routing decision if certain constraints are not met by it.
> 
> Consider this setup:
> 
> $ ip route add table secuplink default via 10.42.23.1
> 
> $ ip rule add pref 100            table main suppress_prefixlength 0
> $ ip rule add pref 150 fwmark 0xA table secuplink
> 
> With this setup, packets marked 0xA will be processed by the additional routing
> table "secuplink", but only if no suitable route in the main routing table can
> be found. By suppressing entries with a prefixlength of 0 (or less), the
> default route (/0) of the table "main" is hidden to packets processed by rule
> 100; packets traveling to destinations via more specific routes are processed
> as usual.
> 
> It is also possible to suppress a routing entry if a device belonging to
> a specific interface group is to be used:
> 
> $ ip rule add pref 150 table main suppress_group 1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@...tarbyte.de>

Applied to net-next-3.11 branch
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