On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:22:02AM -0700, David S. Miller wrote:

   Hmm...It looks like this is still freeing the entry.. Is it possible to
   recycle the dst without reallocating it?
   
Yes, can you test the patch I just sent you?  We can modify that
to recycle easily instead of freeing.

Cool.  I'll see if I can set something up to try that at work tomorrow. 
Insufficient hardware here at home.

We spend a decent amount of time mucking with fib rules, turning
off multiple-tables support would kill that, although I suspect
you're actually using that :)

We use it occasionally for various things.  I'll try profiling with it
turned off to see how much of an impact it has.

Simon-