4.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
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From: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com>
[ Upstream commit d5d32e4b76687f4df9ad3ba8d3702b7347f51fa6 ]
Similar to IPv4, do not consider link state when validating next hops.
Currently, if the link is down default routes can fail to insert:
$ ip -6 ro add vrf blue default via 2100:2::64 dev eth2
RTNETLINK answers: No route to host
With this patch the command succeeds.
Fixes: 8c14586fc320 ("net: ipv6: Use passed in table for nexthop lookups")
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <da...@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org>
---
include/net/ip6_route.h | 1 +
net/ipv6/route.c | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/include/net/ip6_route.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct route_info {
#define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_TMP 0x00000008
#define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_PUBLIC 0x00000010
#define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_COA 0x00000020
+#define RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE 0x00000040
/* We do not (yet ?) support IPv6 jumbograms (RFC 2675)
* Unlike IPv4, hdr->seg_len doesn't include the IPv6 header
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ static struct rt6_info *find_match(struc
struct net_device *dev = rt->dst.dev;
if (dev && !netif_carrier_ok(dev) &&
- idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown)
+ idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown &&
+ !(strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE))
goto out;
if (rt6_check_expired(rt))
@@ -1050,6 +1051,7 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct ne
int strict = 0;
strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
+ strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE;
if (net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding == 0)
strict |= RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE;
@@ -1783,7 +1785,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_nh_lookup_ta
};
struct fib6_table *table;
struct rt6_info *rt;
- int flags = RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE;
+ int flags = RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE | RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE;
table = fib6_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table);
if (!table)
