From: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 12:27:23 -0700
> Similar to IPv4, do not consider link state when validating next hops. > > Currently, if the link is down default routes can fail to insert: > $ ip -6 ro add vrf blue default via 2100:2::64 dev eth2 > RTNETLINK answers: No route to host > > With this patch the command succeeds. > > Fixes: 8c14586fc320 ("net: ipv6: Use passed in table for nexthop lookups") > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> Applied and queued up for -stable.