netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Fix sysctl max for fib_multipath_hash

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Date:   Wed, 02 Sep 2020 15:45:49 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...sch.org
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuba@...nel.org, ssuryaextr@...il.com,
        mlxsw@...dia.com, idosch@...dia.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Fix sysctl max for fib_multipath_hash_policy

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...sch.org>
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 2020 16:16:59 +0300

> From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>
> 
> Cited commit added the possible value of '2', but it cannot be set. Fix
> it by adjusting the maximum value to '2'. This is consistent with the
> corresponding IPv4 sysctl.
> 
> Before:
> 
> # sysctl -w net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy=2
> sysctl: setting key "net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy": Invalid argument
> net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy = 2
> # sysctl net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy
> net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy = 0
> 
> After:
> 
> # sysctl -w net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy=2
> net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy = 2
> # sysctl net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy
> net.ipv6.fib_multipath_hash_policy = 2
> 
> Fixes: d8f74f0975d8 ("ipv6: Support multipath hashing on inner IP pkts")
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...dia.com>

Wow, how was this mode even tested...

Applied and queued up for -stable, thanks.