On 12/23/14 11:59, Martin Pieuchot wrote: >> Would it make sense to remove the loop in rt_newaddrmsg which generates the >> two >> > route messages? Instead of this rt_newaddrmsg sends only the RTM_NEWADDR / >> > RTM_DELADDR message and the other message gets send after >> > creating/deleting the >> > cloning route. > I think it does make sense. It would restore the RTM_ADD for > RTF_CLONING routes and keep one RTM_NEWADDR for RTF_LOCAL routes. > Apart from your scenario with ospfd/ospf6d, dhclient should be happy > with this change and I can think of a third case. If you configure > two addresses of the same subnet you should see 2 RTM_NEWADDR but only > one RTM_ADD since only the first address will get a cloning route. > >> > By the way if rt_newaddrmsg() sends RTM_NEWADDR and RTM_DELADDR we should >> > rename it to rt_addrmsg(). > If you remove the loop and generate only one message, I think that you can > simply use rt_sendmsg() and kill rt_newaddrmsg().
ok, thanks for your advice. I will try it and let you know if it works.
