netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4/route: arg delay is useless in rt_cache

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Message-ID: <1347013794.2484.488.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:29:54 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Cc:	davem@...emloft.net, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4/route: arg delay is useless in
 rt_cache_flush()

On Fri, 2012-09-07 at 11:31 +0200, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
> Since route cache deletion (89aef8921bfbac22f), delay is no
> more used. Remove it.
> 
...

>  #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
> @@ -2354,16 +2350,12 @@ static int ipv4_sysctl_rtcache_flush(ctl_table *__ctl, int write,
>  					size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
>  {
>  	if (write) {
> -		int flush_delay;
>  		ctl_table ctl;
>  		struct net *net;
>  
>  		memcpy(&ctl, __ctl, sizeof(ctl));
> -		ctl.data = &flush_delay;
> -		proc_dointvec(&ctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> -
>  		net = (struct net *)__ctl->extra1;
> -		rt_cache_flush(net, flush_delay);
> +		rt_cache_flush(net);
>  		return 0;
>  	}
>  

Why do you keep ctl then ?

	if (write) {
		rt_cache_flush((struct net *)__ctl->extra1);
		return 0;
	}


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