On 2015/09/22 23:07, Sebastian Benoit wrote:
> Martin Pieuchot(m...@openbsd.org) on 2015.09.13 16:08:50 +0200:
> > On 13/09/15(Sun) 15:51, Alexander Bluhm wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 11:15:50AM +0200, Martin Pieuchot wrote:
> > > > This makes the kernel simpler as it no longer try to find a new ifa
> > > > when a route with a stale address is being used.
> > > 
> > > This makes the code simpler, which is good.
> > > 
> > > I am still not convinced that we want to loose the feature that the
> > > routes jump to another interface address.  When we have multiple
> > > suiteable addresses and one gets deleted, the system can use another
> > > one.
> > 
> > This is the price to pay for making the code simpler.  I strongly
> > believe this "feature" is a side effect of history that should not
> > have been added in the first place.
> > 
> > However I'd like to fix potential issues with this diff before committing
> > it, so tests are welcome :)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i found the time to play with your diff.
> 
> On a router (where you probably wouldn't to this operationaly) you get tons
> of "route xxx vanished before delete" from bgpd and ospfd, but they continue
> to work, apparently as intended.
> 
> I havent found a box with pppoe to test. it would be nice if someone could
> test that.

Preferably someone with a relatively unstable pppoe. Maybe one of those
providers which kills sessions every day and forces an address change..

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