netdev - Re: ip route show shows the routes in the inverse order?

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Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:47:33 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Diego Woitasen <diego@...tasen.com.ar>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, billfink@...dspring.com,
	shemminger@...tta.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ip route show shows the routes in the inverse order?

On Tue, 2012-03-13 at 11:26 -0300, Diego Woitasen wrote:

> I don't aggree at this point. First, it was the behavior for years,
> like a "de facto" standard. Second, there a "natural ordering"  for
> routes. More specific match first, so it makes sense for them to be in
> the first place.

Please provide an iproute2 patch, this is not a kernel issue at all.

Keep in mind it might be very tricky, since a machine can have tons of
routes.



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