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

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Date:	Thu, 26 Dec 2013 09:48:19 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ipv6: shouldn't dump the expired routes

On Thu, 26 Dec 2013 14:00:25 +0800
Duan Jiong <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com> wrote:

> 
> 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 <duanj.fnst@...fujitsu.com>

I can see three issues with this patch.

1. You are changing output of iproute2, and there is a slim chance somebody is
   expecting those routes in some test script.

2. Developers maybe using this to check that the expiration of routes is really
   working.

3. By making rt6_check_expired a global symbol, it can't be optimized as well in
   a potentially hot path for routing.

I am not saying the patch shouldn't go in, just raising the possibility that such
a seemingly trivial change could cause other impacts.
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