netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Allow shorthand delete of all nexthops in multipath route

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Date:   Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:21:47 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     ddutt@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6: Allow shorthand delete of all
 nexthops in multipath route

On 1/13/17 4:54 PM, David Ahern wrote:
> The same notation does not work with IPv6 because of how multipath routes
> are implemented for IPv6. For IPv6 only the first nexthop of a multipath
> route is deleted if the request contains only a prefix and length. This
> leads to unnecessary complexity in userspace dealing with IPv6 multipath
> routes.
> 
> This patch allows all nexthops to be deleted without specifying each one
> in the delete request

Dave: please drop this patch. I found a problem with this approach. Will re-send a new version along with some other ipv6 multipath patches.