Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 5.0 095/317] mlxsw: spectrum_router: Prevent ipv6 gateway with v4 route via replace and append

[David Ahern]

On 5/22/19 1:19 PM, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 7973d9e76727aa42f0824f5569e96248a572d50b ]
> 
> mlxsw currently does not support v6 gateways with v4 routes. Commit
> 19a9d136f198 ("ipv4: Flag fib_info with a fib_nh using IPv6 gateway")
> prevents a route from being added, but nothing stops the replace or
> append. Add a catch for them too.
>     $ ip  ro add 172.16.2.0/24 via 10.99.1.2
>     $ ip  ro replace 172.16.2.0/24 via inet6 fe80::202:ff:fe00:b dev swp1s0
>     Error: mlxsw_spectrum: IPv6 gateway with IPv4 route is not supported.
>     $ ip  ro append 172.16.2.0/24 via inet6 fe80::202:ff:fe00:b dev swp1s0
>     Error: mlxsw_spectrum: IPv6 gateway with IPv4 route is not supported.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsahern@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_router.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 

Not needed for 5.0. IPv6 nexthops with an IPv4 gateway is a 5.2 feature.