Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: fib: Provide offload indication using nexthop flags

2017-08-15 Thread David Miller
From: Jiri Pirko Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2017 09:09:49 +0200 > From: Ido Schimmel > > IPv6 routes currently lack nexthop flags as in IPv4. This has several > implications. > > In the forwarding path, it requires us to check the carrier state of the > nexthop device and potentially ignore a linkdown

Re: [patch net-next] ipv6: fib: Provide offload indication using nexthop flags

2017-08-15 Thread David Ahern
On 8/15/17 1:09 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote: > From: Ido Schimmel > > IPv6 routes currently lack nexthop flags as in IPv4. This has several > implications. > > In the forwarding path, it requires us to check the carrier state of the > nexthop device and potentially ignore a linkdown route, instead of >

[patch net-next] ipv6: fib: Provide offload indication using nexthop flags

2017-08-15 Thread Jiri Pirko
From: Ido Schimmel IPv6 routes currently lack nexthop flags as in IPv4. This has several implications. In the forwarding path, it requires us to check the carrier state of the nexthop device and potentially ignore a linkdown route, instead of checking for RTNH_F_LINKDOWN. It also requires capab