netdev - Re: [PATCH] xfrm: cache bundle lookup results in flow cache

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Date:	Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:12:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	herbert@...dor.apana.org.au
Cc:	timo.teras@....fi, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfrm: cache bundle lookup results in flow cache

From: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:40:10 +0800

> On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 06:36:56PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>>
>> And as a consequence, making the xfrm_dst's be per-cpu would mess with
>> route metrics for TCP.
> 
> Actually xfrm_dst currently relies on IPv4 rt objects to maintain
> the metrics.  So as long as IPv4 routes are still global, then the
> metrics won't be affected as far as can I see.
> 
> Did I miss something?

Good point, I was misunderstanding how things work now and how
that would change with your proposal.

Having multiple xfrm_dsts exist for an IPSEC route seems fine
to me.
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