netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 08/18] ipv4: Refactor fib_check

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Message-ID: <20190405141059.GC18494@splinter>
Date:   Fri, 5 Apr 2019 14:11:03 +0000
From:   Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
To:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
CC:     "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 08/18] ipv4: Refactor fib_check_nh

On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 10:49:57AM -0700, David Ahern wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> 
> fib_check_nh is currently huge covering multiple uses cases - device only,
> device + gateway, and device + gateway with ONLINK. The next patch adds
> validation checks for IPv6 which only further complicates it. So, break
> fib_check_nh into 2 helpers - one for gateway validation and one for device
> only.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>

Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>