netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net] net/ipv6: Do not allow device only routes via the multipath API

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Message-ID: <56149797-9245-f6ac-eabc-3df1225ac517@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 11:14:55 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>, dsahern@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net] net/ipv6: Do not allow device only routes via the
 multipath API

On 7/16/18 10:09 AM, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> Yes, I guess we have no real choice for the moment.

It is unfortunate that we are forever stuck with this mess from a short
sighted implementation years ago. From a uapi perspective, dev-only
nexthops and proper add-to/append/replace semantics should have been a
part of the code from the beginning.