From: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2017 09:50:12 +0200
> When the 'ignore_routes_with_linkdown' sysctl is set, we should not > consider linkdown nexthops during route lookup. > > While the code correctly verifies that the initially selected route > ('match') has a carrier, it does not perform the same check in the > subsequent multipath selection, resulting in a potential packet loss. > > In case the chosen route does not have a carrier and the sysctl is set, > choose the initially selected route. > > Fixes: 35103d11173b ("net: ipv6 sysctl option to ignore routes when nexthop > link is down") > Signed-off-by: Ido Schimmel <ido...@mellanox.com> Applied.