netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/1] Introduce notification events for routing changes

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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:05:16 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] Introduce notification events for routing changes

On Wed, 28 Nov 2012, David Miller wrote:

> > The netfilter MASQUERADE target does not handle the case when the routing
> > changes and the source address of existing connections become invalid.
> > The problem can be solved if routing modifications create events to which
> > the MASQUERADE target can subscribe and then delete the affected
> > connections.
> > 
> > The patch adds the required event support for IPv4/IPv6.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Jozsef Kadlecsik <kadlec@...ckhole.kfki.hu>
> 
> What part of the information are you actually interested in?
> 
> Because just saying that a route is added or removed using fib_info X
> doesn't tell you a whole lot.
[...]

Please discard my patch. I found a simpler and more efficient way to solve 
the issue in netfilter itself.

Best regards,
Jozsef
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