From: dsah...@kernel.org Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 08:09:52 -0700 > For use cases such as VRR (Virtual Router Redundancy) interface managers > want efficient control over the order of prefix routes when multiple > interfaces have addresses with overlapping/duplicate subnets. > > Currently, if two interfaces have addresses in the same subnet, the order > of the prefix route entries is determined by the order in which the > addresses are assigned or the links brought up. Any actions like cycling > an interface up and down changes that order. This set adds a new attribute > for addresses to allow a user to specify the metric of the prefix route > associated with an address giving interface managers better and more > efficient control of the order of prefix routes.
Looks great, series applied, thanks David.