On 5/2/18 1:17 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Since commit 9776d32537d2 ("net: Move call_fib_rule_notifiers up in
> fib_nl_newrule") it is possible to forbid the installation of
> unsupported FIB rules.
>
> Have mlxsw return an error for non-default FIB rules in addition to the
> existing extack message.
>
> Example:
> # ip rule add from 198.51.100.1 table 10
> Error: mlxsw_spectrum: FIB rules not supported.
Next, I think we need a user override flag for rules to prevent hardware
from limiting the rules that can be added and aborting offload. For
example, if the user knows that a rule is meant to direct traffic out of
a management VRF and is unrelated to front panel ports the offload
should ignore it.
>
> Note that offload is only aborted when non-default FIB rules are already
> installed and merely replayed during module initialization.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <[email protected]>
> ---
> drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c | 14 +++++++-------
> 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: David Ahern <[email protected]>
