On 1/7/18 3:45 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: > When a netdev is put administratively down or unregistered all the > nexthops using it as their nexthop device should be marked with the > 'dead' and 'linkdown' flags. > > Currently, when a route is dumped its nexthop device is tested and the > flags are set accordingly. A similar check is performed during route > lookup. > > Instead, we can simply mark the nexthops based on netdev events and > avoid checking the netdev's state during route dump and lookup. > > Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> > --- > net/ipv6/route.c | 4 +++- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
