On 2/22/18 10:20 AM, David Ahern wrote: >> This breaks my scripts: >> # ip -4 rule show >> 0: from all lookup local >> 32766: from all lookup main >> 32767: from all lookup default >> >> # ip -4 rule del pref 0 >> RTNETLINK answers: No such file or directory >> >> Using iproute 4.15 in Fedora 27: >> # ip -V >> ip utility, iproute2-ss180129 >> >> Problem is iproute sets protocol to RTPROT_BOOT while rules are >> installed with RTPROT_KERNEL. >> >> Maybe add FRA_PROTOCOL? >> >> Thanks! > > ugh. Another iproute2 bug that the kernel has to deal with. iproute2 has > been using rtm for the ancillary header for rules when it should have > been fib_rule_hdr. That bug allowed someone to set the protocol field to > RTPROT_BOOT which was complete nonsense for rules until Donald's recent > patch. > > That means all FIB rules need to default to RTPROT_BOOT. I hate to > inherit that for the l3mdev rule, but looking at the iproute2 code I > don't see any options. > > Donald: send a patch that changes the protocol for kernel installed > rules to RTPROT_BOOT. >
After more thinking, Donald is going move the protocol to an FRA_PROTOCOL attribute as you suggested. That avoids breaking legacy iproute2 and allows us to keep a sane default protocol value.
