netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 8/8] sctp: Release all routes when processing acks ADD_IP or DEL

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Date:	Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:47:47 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	yjwei@...fujitsu.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next-2.6 8/8] sctp: Release all routes when
 processing acks ADD_IP or DEL_IP

From: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@...fujitsu.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:15:22 +0800

> From: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
> 
> When processing an ACK for ADD_IP parameter, we only release
> the routes on non-active transports.  This can cause a wrong
> source address to be used.  We can release the routes and
> cause new route lookups and source address selection so that
> new addresses can be used as source.  Additionally, we don't need
> to lookup routes for all transports at the same time.  We can let
> the transmit code path update the cached route when the transport
> actually sends something.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <yjwei@...fujitsu.com>

Applied.
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