netdev - Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Revert attempt to simplify route replace and append

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Date:   Thu, 05 Jul 2018 11:29:35 +0900 (KST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     dsahern@...il.com, dsahern@...nel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        sharpd@...ulusnetworks.com, Thomas.Winter@...iedtelesis.co.nz,
        petrm@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] net/ipv6: Revert attempt to simplify route replace
 and append

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2018 00:10:41 +0300

> We can have the IPv4/IPv6 code only generate a REPLACE / DELETE
> notification for routes that are actually used for forwarding and
> relieve listeners from the need to implement this logic themselves. I
> think this should work.

Whilst this could reduce the duplication, I worry that in the long
term that this might end up being error prone.

Just my $0.02