Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: ipv6/l3mdev: Move host route on saved address if necessary

From: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2016 17:46:46 -0800

On 3/1/16 2:23 PM, David Miller wrote:
> From: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 2016 09:59:17 -0800
>
>> Commit f1705ec197e70 allows IPv6 addresses to be retained on a link down.
>> The address can have a cached host route which can point to the wrong
>> FIB table if the L3 enslavement is changed (e.g., route can point to local
>> table instead of VRF table if device is added to an L3 domain).
>>
>> On link up check the table of the cached host route against the FIB
>> table associated with the device and correct if needed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <[email-masked]>
>
> Ugly... but applied, thanks.
>

This is an example of what I meant by complications with the suggestion 
of stashing the prefix route. Would you prefer the host route always get 
freed on a down and re-created on an up?