Re: [PATCH] net: ipv6: Do not consider link state for nexthop validation

2016-10-27 Thread David Miller
From: David Ahern 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

[PATCH] net: ipv6: Do not consider link state for nexthop validation

2016-10-24 Thread David Ahern
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: