linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.

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Date:	Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:48:43 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
Cc:	"Peter Huang (Peng)" <peter.huangpeng@...wei.com>,
	"'David S. Miller'" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ctrix+debianbugs@...ynet.it,
	peter.huangpeng@...il.com, harry.majun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.

On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 08:52 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> This check seems like a disaster waiting to happen when the next
> change to DST table happens.

Please Peter Document this, adding a new DST_FAKE_RTABLE flag

#define DST_FAKE_RTABLE DST_NOPEER

or just use a bit, we have plenty of them available.


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