ipv6: Do not consider linkdown nexthops during multipath
authorIdo Schimmel <idosch@mellanox.com>
Tue, 21 Nov 2017 07:50:12 +0000 (09:50 +0200)
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:26:47 +0000 (01:26 +0900)
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 <idosch@mellanox.com>
Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Andy Gospodarek <andy@greyhouse.net>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
net/ipv6/route.c

index 05eb7bc36156a3e571f728ad33d61b1a41a81a1c..0363db914c7accbe5baaa96260494b1ad9c51cdd 100644 (file)
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ static struct rt6_info *rt6_multipath_select(struct rt6_info *match,
                                &match->rt6i_siblings, rt6i_siblings) {
                        route_choosen--;
                        if (route_choosen == 0) {
+                               struct inet6_dev *idev = sibling->rt6i_idev;
+
+                               if (!netif_carrier_ok(sibling->dst.dev) &&
+                                   idev->cnf.ignore_routes_with_linkdown)
+                                       break;
                                if (rt6_score_route(sibling, oif, strict) < 0)
                                        break;
                                match = sibling;