Re: [PATCH v2 net-next] net/ipv6: Add knob to skip DELROUTE message on device down

2018-10-12 Thread David Miller
From: David Ahern Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:17:21 -0700 > From: David Ahern > > Another difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is the generation of RTM_DELROUTE > notifications when a device is taken down (admin down) or deleted. IPv4 > does not generate a message for routes evicted by the down or

[PATCH v2 net-next] net/ipv6: Add knob to skip DELROUTE message on device down

2018-10-11 Thread David Ahern
From: David Ahern Another difference between IPv4 and IPv6 is the generation of RTM_DELROUTE notifications when a device is taken down (admin down) or deleted. IPv4 does not generate a message for routes evicted by the down or delete; IPv6 does. A NOS at scale really needs to avoid these