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-rw-r--r--sysdep/linux/netlink.c37
1 files changed, 27 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
index 6e3fe488..85067bf5 100644
--- a/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
+++ b/sysdep/linux/netlink.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
#define RTA_ENCAP 22
#endif
+#define krt_ipv4(p) ((p)->af == AF_INET)
#define krt_ecmp6(p) ((p)->af == AF_INET6)
const int rt_default_ecmp = 16;
@@ -1368,27 +1369,43 @@ nl_delete_rte(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e)
return err;
}
+static inline int
+nl_replace_rte(struct krt_proto *p, rte *e)
+{
+ rta *a = e->attrs;
+ return nl_send_route(p, e, NL_OP_REPLACE, a->dest, &(a->nh));
+}
+
+
void
krt_replace_rte(struct krt_proto *p, net *n, rte *new, rte *old)
{
int err = 0;
/*
- * We could use NL_OP_REPLACE, but route replace on Linux has some problems:
+ * We use NL_OP_REPLACE for IPv4, it has an issue with not checking for
+ * matching rtm_protocol, but that is OK when dedicated priority is used.
*
- * 1) Does not check for matching rtm_protocol
- * 2) Has broken semantics for IPv6 ECMP
- * 3) Crashes some kernel version when used for IPv6 ECMP
+ * We do not use NL_OP_REPLACE for IPv6, as it has broken semantics for ECMP
+ * and with some kernel versions ECMP replace crashes kernel. Would need more
+ * testing and checks for kernel versions.
*
- * So we use NL_OP_DELETE and then NL_OP_ADD. We also do not trust the old
- * route value, so we do not try to optimize IPv6 ECMP reconfigurations.
+ * For IPv6, we use NL_OP_DELETE and then NL_OP_ADD. We also do not trust the
+ * old route value, so we do not try to optimize IPv6 ECMP reconfigurations.
*/
- if (old)
- nl_delete_rte(p, old);
+ if (krt_ipv4(p) && old && new)
+ {
+ err = nl_replace_rte(p, new);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ if (old)
+ nl_delete_rte(p, old);
- if (new)
- err = nl_add_rte(p, new);
+ if (new)
+ err = nl_add_rte(p, new);
+ }
if (err < 0)
n->n.flags |= KRF_SYNC_ERROR;