netdev - Re: how routing table maintained

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Date:	Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:58:22 +0200
From:	Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@...puter.org>
To:	BALAKUMARAN KANNAN <balakumarank@...aelxsi.co.in>
CC:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: how routing table maintained

On 07/19/2012 02:41 PM, BALAKUMARAN KANNAN wrote:
> I want to know how routing table and routing cache is maintained.
> I can find some entries in cache even after the route is deleted
> from the routing table. Is it possible to delete an entry(the
> particular entry or flush the entire cache) from the cache once
> it is deleted from the main routing table.

Kannan,

Please be aware that David Miller is on a quest to obliterate the route cache. He has recently sent patches to do just that.

HTH, Jan
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