4.8-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: David Ahern <dsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> [ Upstream commit d5d32e4b76687f4df9ad3ba8d3702b7347f51fa6 ] Similar to IPv4, do not consider link state when validating next hops. Currently, if the link is down default routes can fail to insert: $ ip -6 ro add vrf blue default via 2100:2::64 dev eth2 RTNETLINK answers: No route to host With this patch the command succeeds. Fixes: 8c14586fc320 ("net: ipv6: Use passed in table for nexthop lookups") Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/net/ip6_route.h | 1 + net/ipv6/route.c | 6 ++++-- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/include/net/ip6_route.h +++ b/include/net/ip6_route.h @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ struct route_info { #define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_TMP 0x00000008 #define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_PUBLIC 0x00000010 #define RT6_LOOKUP_F_SRCPREF_COA 0x00000020 +#define RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE 0x00000040 /* We do not (yet ?) support IPv6 jumbograms (RFC 2675) * Unlike IPv4, hdr->seg_len doesn't include the IPv6 header --- a/net/ipv6/route.c +++ b/net/ipv6/route.c @@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ static struct rt6_info *find_match(struc struct net_device *dev = rt->dst.dev; if (dev && !netif_carrier_ok(dev) && - idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown) + idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown && + !(strict & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE)) goto out; if (rt6_check_expired(rt)) @@ -1050,6 +1051,7 @@ struct rt6_info *ip6_pol_route(struct ne int strict = 0; strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE; + strict |= flags & RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE; if (net->ipv6.devconf_all->forwarding == 0) strict |= RT6_LOOKUP_F_REACHABLE; @@ -1783,7 +1785,7 @@ static struct rt6_info *ip6_nh_lookup_ta }; struct fib6_table *table; struct rt6_info *rt; - int flags = RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE; + int flags = RT6_LOOKUP_F_IFACE | RT6_LOOKUP_F_IGNORE_LINKSTATE; table = fib6_get_table(net, cfg->fc_table); if (!table) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html