netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] fib_trie: Send RTM

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Date:	Thu, 17 Oct 2013 22:52:43 +0300 (EEST)
From:	Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
To:	Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@...il.com>
cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] fib_trie: Send RTM_DELROUTE when link goes
 down


	Hello,

On Thu, 17 Oct 2013, Kristian Evensen wrote:

> From: Kristian Evensen <kristian.evensen@...il.com>
> 
> When a link is set as down using for example "ip link set dev X down", routes
> are deleted, but RTM_DELROUTE messages are not sent to RTNLGRP_IPV4_ROUTE. This
> patch makes trie_flush_list() send a RTM_DELROUTE for each route that is
> removed, and makes rtnelink route deletion behavior consistent across commands.
> The parameter lists for trie_flush_list() and trie_flush_leaf() are expanded to
> include required information otherwise unavailable in trie_flush_list().
> 
> One use case that is simplified by this patch is IPv4 WAN connection monitoring.
> Instead of listening for and handling both RTM_*ROUTE and RTM_*LINK-messages, it
> is sufficient to handle RTM_*ROUTE.

	IIRC, such notifications were not implemented
to avoid storms to routing daemons. Not sure if this is
still true.

Regards

--
Julian Anastasov <ja@....bg>
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