netdev - Re: [v3] net: ipv6: fallback to full lookup if table lookup is unsuitable

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Date:   Sun, 18 Sep 2016 09:47:59 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.im>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
        James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
        Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
        Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v3] net: ipv6: fallback to full lookup if table lookup is
 unsuitable

On 9/18/16 9:46 AM, Vincent Bernat wrote:
> Commit 8c14586fc320 ("net: ipv6: Use passed in table for nexthop
> lookups") introduced a regression: insertion of an IPv6 route in a table
> not containing the appropriate connected route for the gateway but which
> contained a non-connected route (like a default gateway) fails while it
> was previously working:
> 
>     $ ip link add eth0 type dummy
>     $ ip link set up dev eth0
>     $ ip addr add 2001:db8::1/64 dev eth0
>     $ ip route add ::/0 via 2001:db8::5 dev eth0 table 20
>     $ ip route add 2001:db8:cafe::1/128 via 2001:db8::6 dev eth0 table 20
>     RTNETLINK answers: No route to host
>     $ ip -6 route show table 20
>     default via 2001:db8::5 dev eth0  metric 1024  pref medium
> 
> After this patch, we get:
> 
>     $ ip route add 2001:db8:cafe::1/128 via 2001:db8::6 dev eth0 table 20
>     $ ip -6 route show table 20
>     2001:db8:cafe::1 via 2001:db8::6 dev eth0  metric 1024  pref medium
>     default via 2001:db8::5 dev eth0  metric 1024  pref medium
> 
> Fixes: 8c14586fc320 ("net: ipv6: Use passed in table for nexthop lookups")
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Bernat <vincent@...nat.im>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 11 ++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Tested-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>