netdev - Re: [Patch net v3] ipv6: check for ip6_null_entry in __ip6_del_rt

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Date:   Wed, 1 Mar 2017 21:06:55 -0800
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:     Cong Wang <xiyou.wangcong@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        andreyknvl@...gle.com, Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch net v3] ipv6: check for ip6_null_entry in
 __ip6_del_rt_siblings()

On 3/1/17 4:42 PM, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 04:07:38PM -0800, David Ahern wrote:
>> On 3/1/17 3:16 PM, Martin KaFai Lau wrote:
>>> [ An unrelated topic.  I wonder ip -6 r del xyz::/0 would delete
>>>   the gateway route...]
>>
>> a very related question ...
>>
>> ip -6 r del x::/0 comes down to the kernel as delete '::/0' (plen is 0,
>> so cfg->fc_dst is 0). It ends up on the null_entry from fib6_locate b/c
>> of the 0 prefix length, so it is another variant of 'ip -6 ro del ::/0'
> Agree on the plen == 0 part.
> 
> I actually meant if 'ip -6 r del xyz::/0' would delete any _default_
> _gateway_ also.  By looking at ip6_route_del() alone, it seems it only

Per rtm_to_fib6_config, plen of 0 means fc_dst is 0. Meaning xyz::/0 == ::/0