netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: Add address attribute to control metric of prefix route

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Date:   Tue, 29 May 2018 10:13:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...nel.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/7] net: Add address attribute to control
 metric of prefix route

From: dsahern@...nel.org
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 08:09:52 -0700

> For use cases such as VRR (Virtual Router Redundancy) interface managers
> want efficient control over the order of prefix routes when multiple
> interfaces have addresses with overlapping/duplicate subnets.
> 
> Currently, if two interfaces have addresses in the same subnet, the order
> of the prefix route entries is determined by the order in which the
> addresses are assigned or the links brought up. Any actions like cycling
> an interface up and down changes that order. This set adds a new attribute
> for addresses to allow a user to specify the metric of the prefix route
> associated with an address giving interface managers better and more
> efficient control of the order of prefix routes.

Looks great, series applied, thanks David.