From: David Ahern Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 19:27:23 +0000 (-0700) Subject: net: ipv6: Do not consider link state for nexthop validation X-Git-Tag: v4.8.8~9 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d46b19687feca220e933f8d92844151154a51775;p=thirdparty%2Fkernel%2Fstable.git net: ipv6: Do not consider link state for nexthop validation [ Upstream commit d5d32e4b76687f4df9ad3ba8d3702b7347f51fa6 ] 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: ipv6: Use passed in table for nexthop lookups") Signed-off-by: David Ahern Signed-off-by: David S. Miller Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman --- diff --git a/include/net/ip6_route.h b/include/net/ip6_route.h index d97305d0e71f1..0a2d2701285d3 100644 --- a/include/net/ip6_route.h +++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct route_info { #define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_TMP 0x00000008 #define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_PUBLIC 0x00000010 #define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_COA 0x00000020 +#define RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE 0x00000040 /* We do not (yet ?) support IPv6 jumbograms (RFC 2675) * Unlike IPv4, hdr->seg_len doesn't include the IPv6 header diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c index 269218aacbead..23153ac6c9b9b 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/route.c +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c @@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ static struct rt6_info *find_match(struct rt6_info *rt, int oif, int strict, struct net_device *dev = rt->dst.dev; if (dev && !netif_carrier_ok(dev) && - idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown) + idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown && + !(strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE)) goto out; if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) @@ -1050,6 +1051,7 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct net *net, struct fib6_table *table, int strict = 0; strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE; + strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE; if (net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding == 0) strict |= RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE; @@ -1783,7 +1785,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_nh_lookup_table(struct net *net, }; struct fib6_table *table; struct rt6_info *rt; - int flags = RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE; + int flags = RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE | RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE; table = fib6_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table); if (!table)