On 1/7/18 3:45 AM, Ido Schimmel wrote: > Currently, dead routes are only present in the routing tables in case > the 'ignore_routes_with_linkdown' sysctl is set. Otherwise, they are > flushed. > > Subsequent patches are going to remove the reliance on this sysctl and > make IPv6 more consistent with IPv4. > > Before this is done, we need to make sure dead routes are skipped during > route lookup, so as to not cause packet loss. > > Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> > --- > net/ipv6/route.c | 18 ++++++++++++++---- > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com>
