Subject: Re: [PATCH net 0/1] net/ipv6: Netlink flag for new IPv6 Default Routes

From: Stephen Hemminger <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2024 14:53:35 -0800

On Mon,  4 Nov 2024 22:18:38 -0500
Matt Muggeridge <[email-masked]> wrote:

> This is the cover letter and provides a brief overview of the change.
> 
> Add a Netlink rtm_flag, RTM_F_RA_ROUTER for the RTM_NEWROUTE message.
> This allows an IPv6 Netlink client to indicate the default route came
> from an RA. This results in the kernel creating individual default
> routes, rather than coalescing multiple default routes into a single
> ECMP route.
> 
> This change also needs to be reflected in the man7/rtnetlink.7 page. Below is
> the one-line addition to the man-pages git repo
> (https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git):
> 
> diff --git a/man/man7/rtnetlink.7 b/man/man7/rtnetlink.7
> index 86ed459bb..07c4ef0a8 100644
> --- a/man/man7/rtnetlink.7
> +++ b/man/man7/rtnetlink.7
> @@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ if the route changes, notify the user via rtnetlink
>  T}
>  RTM_F_CLONED:route is cloned from another route
>  RTM_F_EQUALIZE:a multipath equalizer (not yet implemented)
> +RTM_F_RA_ROUTER: the route is a default route from an RA
>  .TE
>  .IP
>  .I rtm_table
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matt Muggeridge <[email-masked]>
> Cc: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
> Cc: David S. Miller <[email-masked]>
> Cc: [email-masked]
> Cc: [email-masked]
> 
> Matt Muggeridge (1):
>   net/ipv6: Netlink flag for new IPv6 Default Routes
> 
>  include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h | 9 +++++----
>  net/ipv6/route.c               | 3 +++
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> 
> base-commit: 5ccdcdf186aec6b9111845fd37e1757e9b413e2f

Please send this to Linux man page maintainers.
It isn't really a linux-api type change.

Not sure if man pages project does a stable tree.

https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/maintaining.html#:~:text=Maintaining%20Linux%20man-pages%20The%20current%20man-pages%20maintainer%20is,2020%2C%20Alejandro%20Colomar%20%28alx.manpages%40gmail.com%29%20has%20joined%20as%20comaintainer.