[PATCH net-next v4 02/10] ipv6: propagate the route deletion reason to fib6_del_route()

From: Yuyang Huang

Date: Wed Jul 29 2026 - 08:17:27 EST


Pass the deletion reason from ip6_del_rt_reason() down through
__ip6_del_rt(), fib6_del() and into fib6_del_route(). All existing
callers pass RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC.

fib6_del_route() ignores the reason until the notification path learns
to report it.

Signed-off-by: Yuyang Huang <sigefriedhyy@xxxxxxxxx>
---
include/net/ip6_fib.h | 3 ++-
net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c | 12 +++++++-----
net/ipv6/route.c | 17 ++++++++++-------
3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 9cd27e1b9b69..c57980671f28 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -468,7 +468,8 @@ void fib6_clean_all_skip_notify(struct net *net,

int fib6_add(struct fib6_node *root, struct fib6_info *rt,
struct nl_info *info, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack);
-int fib6_del(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info);
+int fib6_del(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason);

static inline
void rt6_get_prefsrc(const struct rt6_info *rt, struct in6_addr *addr)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index a130cdfaebfb..b6e3bdd20cd0 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1966,7 +1966,8 @@ static struct fib6_node *fib6_repair_tree(struct net *net,
}

static void fib6_del_route(struct fib6_table *table, struct fib6_node *fn,
- struct fib6_info __rcu **rtp, struct nl_info *info)
+ struct fib6_info __rcu **rtp, struct nl_info *info,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
{
struct fib6_info *leaf, *replace_rt = NULL;
struct fib6_walker *w;
@@ -2061,7 +2062,8 @@ static void fib6_del_route(struct fib6_table *table, struct fib6_node *fn,
}

/* Need to own table->tb6_lock */
-int fib6_del(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
+int fib6_del(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
{
struct net *net = info->nl_net;
struct fib6_info __rcu **rtp;
@@ -2090,7 +2092,7 @@ int fib6_del(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
if (rt == cur) {
if (fib6_requires_src(cur))
fib6_routes_require_src_dec(info->nl_net);
- fib6_del_route(table, fn, rtp, info);
+ fib6_del_route(table, fn, rtp, info, del_reason);
return 0;
}
rtp_next = &cur->fib6_next;
@@ -2252,7 +2254,7 @@ static int fib6_clean_node(struct fib6_walker *w)
res = c->func(rt, c->arg);
if (res == -1) {
w->leaf = rt;
- res = fib6_del(rt, &info);
+ res = fib6_del(rt, &info, RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
if (res) {
#if RT6_DEBUG >= 2
pr_debug("%s: del failed: rt=%p@%p err=%d\n",
@@ -2400,7 +2402,7 @@ static void fib6_gc_table(struct net *net,

hlist_for_each_entry_safe(rt, n, &tb6->tb6_gc_hlist, gc_link)
if (fib6_age(rt, gc_args) == -1)
- fib6_del(rt, &info);
+ fib6_del(rt, &info, RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
}

static void fib6_gc_all(struct net *net, struct fib6_gc_args *gc_args)
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 9f82829923ab..7574c385105f 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -3973,7 +3973,8 @@ int ip6_route_add(struct fib6_config *cfg, gfp_t gfp_flags,
return err;
}

-static int __ip6_del_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)
+static int __ip6_del_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info,
+ enum rta_del_reason del_reason)
{
struct net *net = info->nl_net;
struct fib6_table *table;
@@ -3986,7 +3987,7 @@ static int __ip6_del_rt(struct fib6_info *rt, struct nl_info *info)

table = rt->fib6_table;
spin_lock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
- err = fib6_del(rt, info);
+ err = fib6_del(rt, info, del_reason);
spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);

out:
@@ -4002,7 +4003,7 @@ int ip6_del_rt_reason(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt, bool skip_notify,
.skip_notify = skip_notify
};

- return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &info);
+ return __ip6_del_rt(rt, &info, del_reason);
}

int ip6_del_rt(struct net *net, struct fib6_info *rt, bool skip_notify)
@@ -4070,13 +4071,13 @@ static int __ip6_del_rt_siblings(struct fib6_info *rt, struct fib6_config *cfg)
list_for_each_entry_safe(sibling, next_sibling,
&rt->fib6_siblings,
fib6_siblings) {
- err = fib6_del(sibling, info);
+ err = fib6_del(sibling, info, RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
if (err)
goto out_unlock;
}
}

- err = fib6_del(rt, info);
+ err = fib6_del(rt, info, RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
out_unlock:
spin_unlock_bh(&table->tb6_lock);
out_put:
@@ -4202,7 +4203,8 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,
if (!fib6_info_hold_safe(rt))
continue;

- err = __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
+ err = __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo,
+ RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
break;
}
if (cfg->fc_nh_id)
@@ -4221,7 +4223,8 @@ static int ip6_route_del(struct fib6_config *cfg,

/* if gateway was specified only delete the one hop */
if (cfg->fc_flags & RTF_GATEWAY)
- err = __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo);
+ err = __ip6_del_rt(rt, &cfg->fc_nlinfo,
+ RTA_DEL_REASON_UNSPEC);
else
err = __ip6_del_rt_siblings(rt, cfg);
break;
--
2.43.0