netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/4] flow: virtualize flow cache entry methods

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Message-ID: <20100403155353.GA5618@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:	Sat, 3 Apr 2010 23:53:53 +0800
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	Timo Teräs <timo.teras@....fi>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] flow: virtualize flow cache entry methods

On Sat, Apr 03, 2010 at 05:26:00PM +0300, Timo Teräs wrote:
>
> Why would this block? The device down hook calls flow cache
> flush. On flush all bundles with non-up devices get pruned
> immediately (via stale_bundle check).

Perhaps I missed something in your patch, but the flush that
we currently perform is limited to the bundles from hashed policies.
So if a policy has just recently been removed, then its bundles
won't be flushed.

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