netdev - Re: [PATCH net 0/2] net: ipv4: fix nexthop route delete warning

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Date:   Fri, 1 Apr 2022 10:18:54 +0300
From:   Nikolay Aleksandrov <razor@...ckwall.org>
To:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     dsahern@...nel.org, donaldsharp72@...il.com,
        philippe.guibert@...look.com, kuba@...nel.org, davem@...emloft.net,
        idosch@...sch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/2] net: ipv4: fix nexthop route delete warning

On 31/03/2022 18:46, Nikolay Aleksandrov wrote:
> Hi,
> The first patch fixes a warning that can be triggered by deleting a
> nexthop route and specifying a device (more info in its commit msg).
> And the second patch adds a selftest for that case.
> 
> For the fix the alternative would be to do matching on the nexthop's
> attributes but I think we shouldn't since it's old-style route deletion
> and nexthops are managed through a different interface, so I chose to
> don't do any matching if the fib_info is a nexthop route and the user
> specified old-style attributes to match on (e.g. device in this case)
> which preserves the current behaviour and avoids the warning.
> 
> Thanks,
>  Nik
> 
> Nikolay Aleksandrov (2):
>   net: ipv4: fix route with nexthop object delete warning
>   selftests: net: add delete nexthop route warning test
> 
>  net/ipv4/fib_semantics.c                    |  7 ++++++-
>  tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh | 13 +++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

I'll send v2 with an updated comment in the selftest and added tags.

Thanks,
 Nik