netdev - Re: [PATCH v6 net-next] net: ipv4: Consider failed nexthops in multipath routes

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Date:	Mon, 11 Apr 2016 15:18:53 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, ja@....bg
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 net-next] net: ipv4: Consider failed nexthops in
 multipath routes

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Thu,  7 Apr 2016 07:21:00 -0700

> Multipath route lookups should consider knowledge about next hops and not
> select a hop that is known to be failed.
> 
> Example:
 ...
> The failed path can be avoided by considering known neighbor information
> when selecting next hops. If the neighbor lookup fails we have no
> knowledge about the nexthop, so give it a shot. If there is an entry
> then only select the nexthop if the state is sane. This is similar to
> what fib_detect_death does.
> 
> To maintain backward compatibility use of the neighbor information is
> based on a new sysctl, fib_multipath_use_neigh.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied, thanks.