netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] Revert "iproute: "list/flush/save default" selected all of the routes"

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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 10:00:14 -0700
From:   Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:     Alexander Zubkov <green@....ru>
Cc:     Serhey Popovych <serhe.popovych@...il.com>,
        Luca Boccassi <bluca@...ian.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] Revert "iproute: "list/flush/save default"
 selected all of the routes"

On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:29:31 +0200
Alexander Zubkov <green@....ru> wrote:

> Hi Stephen,
> 
> Looks like the new patch was applied after the revert of original patch and fix patch for 4.15 branch. Which is not correct and I did not test it. This is how patches were designed:
> 1) your revert patch - rolls back 4.15 branch to old behaviour by reverting the original patch
> 2) my patch for 4.15 - fixes problem is 4.15 branch, it does not require revert patch, it is an alternative solution for the problem, it is designed solely for version 4.15
> 3) my patch for master - fixes problem, it requires neither revert patch nor my patch for 4.15, it is standalone patch designed to do things right in master branch
> 
> 27.03.2018, 18:01, "Stephen Hemminger" <stephen@...workplumber.org>:
> > On Wed, 14 Mar 2018 21:26:40 +0100
> > Alexander Zubkov <green@....ru> wrote:
> >  
> >>  Hello,
> >>
> >>  For example, it can be fixed in such way (patch is below):
> >>  - split handling of default and all/any
> >>  - set needed attributes in get_addr: PREFIXLEN_SPECIFIED flag for default
> >>  - and AF_UNSPEC for all/any
> >>  In this case "ip route show default" shows only default route and "ip
> >>  route show all" shows all routes. And both also work when family (-4 or
> >>  -6) is specified.
> >>  Serhey, does it goes in line with what you wanted to achieve? Because I
> >>  do not know - may be there are reasons why all/any should be provided
> >>  with specific family. If you think this solution is suitable, I'll do
> >>  some additional tests and package the patch in a proper way for this
> >>  mailing list.
> >>  And I'm unsure if check for AF_DECnet and AF_MPLS should be kept in both
> >>  branches. May be someone have some additional thoughts on that?  
> >
> > I applied this to master.
> >
> > We can work on the other cases after that.  

Please send the update back to what works.