netdev - Re: [patch net] rtnetlink: Add rtnexthop offload flag to compare mask

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Date:   Wed, 19 Oct 2016 11:08:23 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
        yotamg@...lanox.com, nogahf@...lanox.com, ogerlitz@...lanox.com,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com,
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        vivien.didelot@...oirfairelinux.com, andrew@...n.ch,
        ivecera@...hat.com, nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Subject: Re: [patch net] rtnetlink: Add rtnexthop offload flag to compare
 mask

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2016 18:59:34 +0200

> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> The offload flag is a status flag and should not be used by
> FIB semantics for comparison.
> 
> Fixes: 37ed9493699c ("rtnetlink: add RTNH_F_EXTERNAL flag for fib offload")
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>

Ouch, good catch.

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks!