netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] net: igmp: Allow user-space configuration of igmp unsolicited report interval

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:55:57 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	hannes@...essinduktion.org
Cc:	william.manley@...view.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, bcrl@...ck.org,
	luky-37@...mail.com, sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com,
	bhutchings@...arflare.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] net: igmp: Allow user-space configuration of
 igmp unsolicited report interval

From: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 08:14:26 +0200

> On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 03:21:51PM +0100, William Manley wrote:
>> @@ -2099,6 +2103,10 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table {
>>  		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(NOPOLICY, "disable_policy"),
>>  		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(FORCE_IGMP_VERSION,
>>  					      "force_igmp_version"),
>> +		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(IGMPV2_UNSOLICITED_REPORT_INTERVAL,
>> +					      "igmpv2_unsolicited_report_interval"),
>> +		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(IGMPV3_UNSOLICITED_REPORT_INTERVAL,
>> +					      "igmpv3_unsolicited_report_interval"),
>>  		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(PROMOTE_SECONDARIES,
>>  					      "promote_secondaries"),
>>  		DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY(ROUTE_LOCALNET,
> 
> Why did you use DEVINET_SYSCTL_FLUSHING_ENTRY here? Wouldn't
> DEVINET_SYSCTL_RW_ENTRY be a better choice?

Agreed, there is no reason to flush the routing cache just because
the igmp unsolicited report interval changed.
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