On 6/15/18 7:23 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote:
> Current code will emit an append event in the FIB notification chain for
> any route added with NLM_F_APPEND set, even if the route was not
> appended to any existing route.
>
> This is inconsistent with IPv4 where such an event is only emitted when
> the new route is appended after an existing one.
>
> Align IPv6 behavior with IPv4, thereby allowing listeners to more easily
> handle these events.
>
> Fixes: f34436a43092 ("net/ipv6: Simplify route replace and appending into
> multipath route")
> Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com>
> Acked-by: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com>
> ---
> net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 5 ++---
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
