netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: ipv6: Improve user experience with multipath routes

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Date:   Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:06:16 -0500 (EST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 0/2] net: ipv6: Improve user experience
 with multipath routes

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:31:44 -0700

> BTW, I am in favor of not requiring a user API for this but just
> doing it. I can't imagine anyone working with multipath routes not
> wanting the efficiency of the RTA_MULTIPATH attribute. These patches
> require an API only because of the rule not to break userspace. If
> we conclude to just do it without an API, the multipath_add and
> multipath_del need to be modified to only send a notification once
> at the end of the actions.

After some consideration, I agree.

Please repost this series without the new netlink knob.

Thanks.