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Documentation: networking: Add a caveat to nexthop_compat_mode sysctl
authorPetr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Mon, 9 Dec 2024 11:05:31 +0000 (12:05 +0100)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Thu, 19 Dec 2024 17:13:16 +0000 (18:13 +0100)
commit3f5bf3dc6f310bb824b0dc8249a8b60f50553846
tree50ddd06e5d744c796028c57470ebdb3dfb35c008
parentfe9274027697c69c1430dc7ee568f82b331ef972
Documentation: networking: Add a caveat to nexthop_compat_mode sysctl

[ Upstream commit bbe4b41259a3e255a16d795486d331c1670b4e75 ]

net.ipv4.nexthop_compat_mode was added when nexthop objects were added to
provide the view of nexthop objects through the usual lens of the route
UAPI. As nexthop objects evolved, the information provided through this
lens became incomplete. For example, details of resilient nexthop groups
are obviously omitted.

Now that 16-bit nexthop group weights are a thing, the 8-bit UAPI cannot
convey the >8-bit weight accurately. Instead of inventing workarounds for
an obsolete interface, just document the expectations of inaccuracy.

Fixes: b72a6a7ab957 ("net: nexthop: Increase weight to u16")
Signed-off-by: Petr Machata <petrm@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: Ido Schimmel <idosch@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Ahern <dsahern@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/b575e32399ccacd09079b2a218255164535123bd.1733740749.git.petrm@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.rst