netdev - Re: [PATCH] [IPV4]: Update MTU to all related cache entries in ip_rt_frag

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Message-Id: <20080429.033245.141337746.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 29 Apr 2008 03:32:45 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	timo.teras@....fi
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [IPV4]: Update MTU to all related cache entries in
 ip_rt_frag_needed()

From: Timo_Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:35:42 +0300

> I understand your concern. It is pretty easy break routing cache with
> some seemingly unrelated changes. I tried to think about possible side
> effects, but concluded that this should be safe. Then again, I don't
> know all the tiny details and unusual scenarios. But I have been running
> a 2.6.23 kernel with (backported) patch on a production machine (router
> connected to two ISPs, internal subnet and also having multiple gre
> tunnels), so far I have not encountered any problems.

I thought more about your patch and it should be OK.

I've applied it, thanks a lot.
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