From: Donald Sharp <sha...@cumulusnetworks.com> Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2019 10:11:58 -0400
> When creating a v4 route that uses a v6 nexthop from a nexthop group. > Allow the kernel to properly send the nexthop as v6 via the RTA_VIA > attribute. > > Broken behavior: > > $ ip nexthop add via fe80::9 dev eth0 > $ ip nexthop show > id 1 via fe80::9 dev eth0 scope link > $ ip route add 4.5.6.7/32 nhid 1 > $ ip route show > default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0 > 4.5.6.7 nhid 1 via 254.128.0.0 dev eth0 > 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 > $ > > Fixed behavior: > > $ ip nexthop add via fe80::9 dev eth0 > $ ip nexthop show > id 1 via fe80::9 dev eth0 scope link > $ ip route add 4.5.6.7/32 nhid 1 > $ ip route show > default via 10.0.2.2 dev eth0 > 4.5.6.7 nhid 1 via inet6 fe80::9 dev eth0 > 10.0.2.0/24 dev eth0 proto kernel scope link src 10.0.2.15 > $ > > v2, v3: Addresses code review comments from David Ahern > > Fixes: dcb1ecb50edf (“ipv4: Prepare for fib6_nh from a nexthop object”) > Signed-off-by: Donald Sharp <sha...@cumulusnetworks.com> Applied, thank you.
