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

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Date:	Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:34:42 +0200
From:	Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
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

On Tue, Jul 30, 2013 at 04:55:57PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> 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.

William, could you convert force_igmp_version to DEVINET_SYSCTL_RW_ENTRY as
well when you send a new patch?

Thanks,

  Hannes

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