On Wed, Jun 17, 2015 at 06:05:32PM +0200, Nicolas Dichtel wrote: > Le 15/06/2015 18:33, Andy Gospodarek a écrit : > >This series adds the ability to have the Linux kernel track whether or > >not a particular route should be used based on the link-status of the > >interface associated with the next-hop. > > > >Before this patch any link-failure on an interface that was serving as a > >gateway for some systems could result in those systems being isolated > >from the rest of the network as the stack would continue to attempt to > >send frames out of an interface that is actually linked-down. When the > >kernel is responsible for all forwarding, it should also be responsible > >for taking action when the traffic can no longer be forwarded -- there > >is no real need to outsource link-monitoring to userspace anymore. > > > >This feature is only enabled with the new per-interface or ipv4 global > >sysctls called 'ignore_routes_with_linkdown'. > > > >net.ipv4.conf.all.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0 > >net.ipv4.conf.default.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0 > >net.ipv4.conf.lo.ignore_routes_with_linkdown = 0 > >... > Sorry for my late reply, but is it possible to advertise this sysctl via the > netconf infra (grep NETCONFA_)? I would be happy to do that. Do you see it as a requirement for this set to be accepted?
I've got to add ipv6 support, so netconf support could also easily be added in the kernel and iproute2. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
