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SubjectRe: [PATCH net 1/2] ipv6: do not delete previously existing ECMP routes if add fails
Le 13/05/2015 11:50, Michal Kubecek a écrit :
> If adding a nexthop of an IPv6 multipath route fails, comment in
> ip6_route_multipath() says we are going to delete all nexthops already
> added. However, current implementation deletes even the routes it
> hasn't even tried to add yet. For example, running
>
> ip route add 1234:5678::/64 \
> nexthop via fe80::aa dev dummy1 \
> nexthop via fe80::bb dev dummy1 \
> nexthop via fe80::cc dev dummy1
>
> twice results in removing all routes first command added.
>
> Limit the second (delete) run to nexthops that succeeded in the first
> (add) run.
>
> Fixes: 51ebd3181572 ("ipv6: add support of equal cost multipath (ECMP)")
> Signed-off-by: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@suse.cz>
> ---
> net/ipv6/route.c | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
> index d3588885f097..18b92c05b541 100644
> --- a/net/ipv6/route.c
> +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
> @@ -2536,6 +2536,7 @@ beginning:
> * next hops that have been already added.
> */
> add = 0;
> + remaining = cfg->fc_mp_len - remaining;
> goto beginning;
Not sure to understand your fix. At the label beginning, the code is:

beginning:
rtnh = (struct rtnexthop *)cfg->fc_mp;
remaining = cfg->fc_mp_len;

Hence, 'remaining' will be overridden. How does your patch work?


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