netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 07/18] ipv6: Check nexthop flags during route lookup instead of carrier

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Message-ID: <780e7dd5-bccd-b733-1711-a8360c536205@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 7 Jan 2018 09:59:45 -0700
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, roopa@...ulusnetworks.com,
        nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, weiwan@...gle.com, kafai@...com,
        yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 07/18] ipv6: Check nexthop flags during route
 lookup instead of carrier

On 1/7/18 3:45 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Now that the RTNH_F_LINKDOWN flag is set in nexthops, we can avoid the
> need to dereference the nexthop device and check its carrier and instead
> check for the presence of the flag.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  net/ipv6/route.c | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>