From: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2016 09:09:27 -0800
> Commands run in a vrf context are not failing as expected on a route lookup: > root@kenny:~# ip ro ls table vrf-red > unreachable default > > root@kenny:~# ping -I vrf-red -c1 -w1 10.100.1.254 > ping: Warning: source address might be selected on device other than > vrf-red. > PING 10.100.1.254 (10.100.1.254) from 0.0.0.0 vrf-red: 56(84) bytes of > data. > > --- 10.100.1.254 ping statistics --- > 2 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 999ms > > Since the vrf table does not have a route for 10.100.1.254 the ping > should have failed. The saddr lookup causes a full VRF table lookup. > Propogating a lookup failure to the user allows the command to fail as > expected: > > root@kenny:~# ping -I vrf-red -c1 -w1 10.100.1.254 > connect: No route to host > > Signed-off-by: David Ahern <d...@cumulusnetworks.com> Applied, thanks David. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
