Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 3 authors, 2013-12-31

Re: [PATCH] ipv6: shouldn't dump the expired routes

From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Date: 2013-12-31 21:01:42

From: Duan Jiong <redacted>
Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:00:25 +0800
If we execute the command "ip -6 route show table all", those routes
that have been expired will be dumped.  But as everyone knows, those
expired routes will not be used, and they will be deleted by the kernel.
So why we still need to dump they, and just don't dump them.

Signed-off-by: Duan Jiong <redacted>
I totally disagree with this change.

These routes are absolutely not guarenteed to never be used, their
inapplicability is temporary.

A router info advertisement can undo the expiration on an existing
route, so such ipv6 routes can become valid again.  Seeing them in
the route dump is therefore very useful.

I'm not applying this, sorry.
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