[PATCH net-next v5 09/10] netlink: specs: rt-route: add the route deletion reason
From: Yuyang Huang
Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 21:54:34 EST
Add the del-reason attribute and its enum to the route attribute set,
and to the getroute reply, which the route notifications reuse.
The attribute is absent from the newroute and delroute request lists.
RTA_DEL_REASON is above strict_start_type in rtm_ipv6_policy, so
encoding it in a request is rejected with -EINVAL.
Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml
index 9f4a1a253676..f14532798640 100644
--- a/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/netlink/specs/rt-route.yaml
@@ -78,6 +78,15 @@ definitions:
-
name: rta-used
type: u32
+ -
+ name: del-reason
+ type: enum
+ name-prefix: rt-del-reason-
+ enum-name: rt-del-reason
+ entries:
+ - unspec
+ - expired
+ - ra-withdrawn
attribute-sets:
-
@@ -185,6 +194,10 @@ attribute-sets:
type: u32
byte-order: big-endian
display-hint: hex
+ -
+ name: del-reason
+ type: u32
+ enum: del-reason
-
name: metrics
name-prefix: rtax-
@@ -299,6 +312,7 @@ operations:
- dport
- nh-id
- flowlabel
+ - del-reason
dump:
request:
value: 26
@@ -313,6 +327,9 @@ operations:
do:
request:
value: 24
+ # del-reason is notification-only. It is above
+ # strict_start_type in rtm_ipv6_policy, so the kernel rejects
+ # it in requests.
attributes: &route-req-attrs
- dst
- src
--
2.43.0