netdev - Re: [patch net-next 00/15] mlxsw: Reflect nexthop status changes

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Date:   Wed, 08 Feb 2017 15:28:48 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     jiri@...nulli.us
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
        mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [patch net-next 00/15] mlxsw: Reflect nexthop status changes

From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>
Date: Wed,  8 Feb 2017 11:16:27 +0100

> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> Ido says:
> 
> When the kernel forwards IPv4 packets via multipath routes it doesn't
> consider nexthops that are dead or linkdown. For example, if the nexthop
> netdev is administratively down or doesn't have a carrier.
> 
> Devices capable of offloading such multipath routes need to be made
> aware of changes in the reflected nexthops' status. Otherwise, the
> device might forward packets via non-functional nexthops, resulting in
> packet loss. This patchset aims to fix that.
> 
> The first 11 patches deal with the necessary restructuring in the
> mlxsw driver, so that it's able to correctly add and remove nexthops
> from the device's adjacency table.
> 
> The 12th patch adds the NH_{ADD,DEL} events to the FIB notification
> chain. These notifications are sent whenever the kernel decides to add
> or remove a nexthop from the forwarding plane.
> 
> Finally, the last three patches add support for these events in the
> mlxsw driver, which is currently the only driver capable of offloading
> multipath routes.

Looks really nice, series applied, thanks!