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    ipv4: update RTNH_F_LINKDOWN flag on UP event · c9b3292e
    Julian Anastasov authored
    When nexthop is part of multipath route we should clear the
    LINKDOWN flag when link goes UP or when first address is added.
    This is needed because we always set LINKDOWN flag when DEAD flag
    was set but now on UP the nexthop is not dead anymore. Examples when
    LINKDOWN bit can be forgotten when no NETDEV_CHANGE is delivered:
    
    - link goes down (LINKDOWN is set), then link goes UP and device
    shows carrier OK but LINKDOWN remains set
    
    - last address is deleted (LINKDOWN is set), then address is
    added and device shows carrier OK but LINKDOWN remains set
    
    Steps to reproduce:
    modprobe dummy
    ifconfig dummy0 192.168.168.1 up
    
    here add a multipath route where one nexthop is for dummy0:
    
    ip route add 1.2.3.4 nexthop dummy0 nexthop SOME_OTHER_DEVICE
    ifconfig dummy0 down
    ifconfig dummy0 up
    
    now ip route shows nexthop that is not dead. Now set the sysctl var:
    
    echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/dummy0/ignore_routes_with_linkdown
    
    now ip route will show a dead nexthop because the forgotten
    RTNH_F_LINKDOWN is propagated as RTNH_F_DEAD.
    
    Fixes: 8a3d0316 ("net: track link-status of ipv4 nexthops")
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJulian Anastasov <ja@ssi.bg>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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