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

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Date:   Wed, 02 May 2018 16:33:26 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, 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"

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Wed,  2 May 2018 22:41:56 +0300

> 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>

Applied, thank you.