netdev - Re: [PATCH v3] fib_rules: add .suppress operation

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Message-ID: <20130801002407.GL10550@zirkel.wertarbyte.de>
Date:	Thu, 1 Aug 2013 02:24:07 +0200
From:	Stefan Tomanek <stefan.tomanek@...tarbyte.de>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org,
	bsderandrew@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] fib_rules: add .suppress operation

Dies schrieb David Miller (davem@...emloft.net):

> I just want to mention that the more quirky crap we put into the FIB
> rules layer, the harder it will every be to make a scalable data
> structure for FIB rule handling.
> 
> Right now it's basically a linear walk of rules, with processing at
> each level.

And it still is: but instead of just having pre-conditions whether to
consult a table, the patch introduces post-conditions that can reject
a routing decision retrieved from it.

> Anyways, there are coding style problems in your change which you'll
> need to address:

Fixed in latest patch, thanks for the hints.
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