From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: dsahern@kernel.org Subject: [PATCH RFC net-next 6/9] net: Add IFA_RT_PRIORITY address attribute Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 15:57:24 -0700 Message-ID: <20180523225727.11386-7-dsahern@kernel.org> References: <20180523225727.11386-1-dsahern@kernel.org> Cc: roopa@cumulusnetworks.com, David Ahern To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:52710 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S935041AbeEWW5c (ORCPT ); Wed, 23 May 2018 18:57:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20180523225727.11386-1-dsahern@kernel.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: David Ahern Currently, if two interfaces have addresses in the same connected route, then the order of the prefix route entries is determined by the order in which the addresses are assigned or the links brought up. Add IFA_RT_PRIORITY to allow user to specify the metric of the prefix route associated with an address giving interface managers better control of the order of prefix routes. Signed-off-by: David Ahern --- include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h index 2ef053d265de..ebaf5701c9db 100644 --- a/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h +++ b/include/uapi/linux/if_addr.h @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ enum { IFA_CACHEINFO, IFA_MULTICAST, IFA_FLAGS, + IFA_RT_PRIORITY, /* u32, priority/metric for prefix route */ __IFA_MAX, }; -- 2.11.0