netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Revert "ipv6: Allow non-gateway ECMP for IPv6"

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Date:   Wed, 2 May 2018 12:50:18 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, dsahern@...il.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        Thomas.Winter@...iedtelesis.co.nz, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: Revert "ipv6: Allow non-gateway ECMP for IPv6"



On 05/02/2018 12:41 PM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> This reverts commit edd7ceb78296 ("ipv6: Allow non-gateway ECMP for
> IPv6").
> 
> Eric reported a division by zero in rt6_multipath_rebalance() which is
> caused by above commit that considers identical local routes to be
> siblings. The division by zero happens because a nexthop weight is not
> set for local routes.
> 
> Revert the commit as it does not fix a bug and has side effects.
> 
> To reproduce:
> 
> # ip -6 address add 2001:db8::1/64 dev dummy0
> # ip -6 address add 2001:db8::1/64 dev dummy1
> 
> Fixes: edd7ceb78296 ("ipv6: Allow non-gateway ECMP for IPv6")
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
> Reported-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
> ---

Tested-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>

Thanks for fixing this !