netdev - Re: [iproute2] iproute2: Fix filtering related to flushing IP addresses.

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Date:	Mon, 23 Aug 2010 08:15:28 -0700
From:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
To:	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [iproute2] iproute2:  Fix filtering related to flushing IP
 addresses.

On Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:00:08 -0700
Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com> wrote:

> The old 'ip addr flush' logic had several flaws:
> 
> * It reversed logic for primary v/s secondary flags
>   (though, it sort of worked right anyway)
> 
> * The code tried to remove secondaries and then primaries,
>   but in practice, it always removed one primary per loop,
>   which not at all efficient.
> 
> * The filter logic in the core would run only the first
>   filter in most cases.
> 
> * If you used '-s -s', the ifa_flags member would be
>   modified, which could make future filters fail
>   to function fine.
> 
> This patch attempts to fix all of these issues.
> 
> Tested-by: Brian Haley <brian.haley@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>

applied

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