tree 922f5ea089fdb0e045277b6e4df7f3bfa7613a5a
parent 6398d3a65277a2ebed085ad9deef15fea6f4ed09
author Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> 1360698106 -0800
committer Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> 1360698177 -0800

ip: handle flush with table > 2^31

Fixes Debian bug #700434
Need to table id in filter to be unsigned to avoid conversion to -1

The documentation for "ip" suggests that, when using multiple routing tables, the table ID can be an arbitrary 32 bit number. I've been writing a script that calculates a table Id based on an IP addresses and sets up tables accordingly based on it. This seems to work for everything I've tried except "ip route flush". If you specify a table to flush with an ID over 2^31, it flushes all IPv4 routing tables. For example:

Will delete all routing tables, including the default one. Needless to say, this is quite annoying. I think this is an upstream bug, but your opinions will be greatly appreciated.