Subject: [PATCH net-next 2/3] net: ipv4: flush neighbor entries when carrier is off

From: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 22:57:52 -0800

Commit a6db4494d218c ("net: ipv4: Consider failed nexthops in multipath
routes") added support for checking neighbor state when selecting a path
for multipath route lookups. It works but incurs a delay waiting for
the neighbor entry to timeout. Improve the path selection by flushing
non-permanent neighbor entries when carrier is off.

Signed-off-by: Satish Ashok <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
---
 net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index f02819134ba2..aa8fea74858f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1226,10 +1226,13 @@ static int fib_netdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event, vo
 		break;
 	case NETDEV_CHANGE:
 		flags = dev_get_flags(dev);
-		if (flags & (IFF_RUNNING | IFF_LOWER_UP))
+		if (flags & (IFF_RUNNING | IFF_LOWER_UP)) {
 			fib_sync_up(dev, RTNH_F_LINKDOWN);
-		else
+		} else {
 			fib_sync_down_dev(dev, event, false);
+			if (IN_DEV_IGNORE_ROUTES_WITH_LINKDOWN(in_dev))
+				neigh_carrier_down(&arp_tbl, dev);
+		}
 		/* fall through */
 	case NETDEV_CHANGEMTU:
 		rt_cache_flush(net);
-- 
2.1.4