netdev - Re: [PATCH net 1/2] ipv6: Fix route replacement with dev-only route

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Date:   Sun, 16 Feb 2020 18:35:25 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     bpoirier@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, mkubecek@...e.cz,
        nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com, dsahern@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 1/2] ipv6: Fix route replacement with dev-only route

From: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 10:41:06 +0900

> After commit 27596472473a ("ipv6: fix ECMP route replacement") it is no
> longer possible to replace an ECMP-able route by a non ECMP-able route.
> For example,
> 	ip route add 2001:db8::1/128 via fe80::1 dev dummy0
> 	ip route replace 2001:db8::1/128 dev dummy0
> does not work as expected.
> 
> Tweak the replacement logic so that point 3 in the log of the above commit
> becomes:
> 3. If the new route is not ECMP-able, and no matching non-ECMP-able route
> exists, replace matching ECMP-able route (if any) or add the new route.
> 
> We can now summarize the entire replace semantics to:
> When doing a replace, prefer replacing a matching route of the same
> "ECMP-able-ness" as the replace argument. If there is no such candidate,
> fallback to the first route found.
> 
> Fixes: 27596472473a ("ipv6: fix ECMP route replacement")
> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Poirier <bpoirier@...ulusnetworks.com>

Applied and queued up for -stable.