netdev - Re: [PATCH] ipv4: remove ip_rt

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Date:	Sat, 08 May 2010 01:58:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	eric.dumazet@...il.com
Cc:	nhorman@...driver.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, jmorris@...ei.org, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org,
	kaber@...sh.net
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv4: remove ip_rt_secret timer (v4)

From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
Date: Sat, 08 May 2010 08:36:37 +0200

> Le vendredi 07 mai 2010 à 21:01 -0400, Neil Horman a écrit :
>> A while back there was a discussion regarding the rt_secret_interval timer.
>> Given that we've had the ability to do emergency route cache rebuilds for awhile
>> now, based on a statistical analysis of the various hash chain lengths in the
>> cache, the use of the flush timer is somewhat redundant.  This patch removes the
>> rt_secret_interval sysctl, allowing us to rely solely on the statistical
>> analysis mechanism to determine the need for route cache flushes.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
>> 
> 
> Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>

Applied, thanks guys!
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