Similar to IPv4, flush non-permanent neighbor entries on carrier down to improve path selection for multipath routes.
Signed-off-by: Satish Ashok <sas...@cmulusnetworks.com> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsah...@gmail.com> --- net/ipv6/addrconf.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c index 5a8a10229a07..85bddff5eac6 100644 --- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c +++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c @@ -3432,6 +3432,9 @@ static int addrconf_notify(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, run_pending = 1; } } else if (event == NETDEV_CHANGE) { + if (idev && idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown) + neigh_carrier_down(&nd_tbl, dev); + if (!addrconf_link_ready(dev)) { /* device is still not ready. */ break; -- 2.1.4