From: Jiri Pirko <j...@resnulli.us> Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2017 09:56:00 +0200
> From: Jiri Pirko <j...@mellanox.com> > > Ido says: > > Offload indication for IPv4 routes is currently set in the FIB info's > flags. When multipath routes are employed, this can lead to a route being > marked as offloaded although only one of its nexthops is actually > offloaded. > > Instead, this patchset aims to proivde a higher resolution for the offload > indication and report it on a per-nexthop basis. > > Example output from patched iproute: > > $ ip route show 192.168.200.0/24 > 192.168.200.0/24 > nexthop via 192.168.100.2 dev enp3s0np7 weight 1 offload > nexthop via 192.168.101.3 dev enp3s0np8 weight 1 > > And once the second gateway is resolved: > > $ ip route show 192.168.200.0/24 > 192.168.200.0/24 > nexthop via 192.168.100.2 dev enp3s0np7 weight 1 offload > nexthop via 192.168.101.3 dev enp3s0np8 weight 1 offload > > First patch teaches the kernel to look for the offload indication in the > nexthop flags. Patches 2-5 adjust current capable drivers to provide > offload indication on a per-nexthop basis. Last patch removes no longer > used functions to set offload indication in the FIB info's flags. Series applied, thanks Jiri.
