netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/5] ipv4: Kill ip_rt_frag

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Date:	Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:54:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	steffen.klassert@...unet.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] ipv4: Kill ip_rt_frag_needed().

From: Steffen Klassert <steffen.klassert@...unet.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:36:32 +0200

> On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 10:59:41PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>> 
>> Actually, thinking some more, we could extend my inet->pmtudisc patch
>> to achieve a similar effect.
>> 
>> Essentially we'd have a socket local PMTU value for datagram sockets.
>> 
>> Would you be OK with that approach?
> 
> This would require to maintain socket local pmtu expire times too.
> Also, which of these pmtu values do we report if a user asks for
> that? And how should we flush all these pmtu values?
> 
> It could have some side effects. But if we get it to work,
> it would be an improvement. I'm fine with everything
> that works in the end :-)

Your right, maybe the route updating approach is therefore better.

I'll play around with my original patch.

Thanks.
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