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Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2013 23:47:36 -0800 From: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org> To: Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.kernel@...il.com> Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, davem@...emloft.net, mst@...hat.com, jasowang@...hat.com, Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] net, tun: remove the flow cache On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:26:22 +0800 Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.kernel@...il.com> wrote: > From: Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> > > The flow cache is an extremely broken concept, and it usually brings up > growth issues and DoS attacks, so this patch is trying to remove it from > the tuntap driver, and insteadly use a simpler way for its flow control. > > Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> > --- > drivers/net/tun.c | 208 +++-------------------------------------------------- > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c > index 7c8343a..7c27fdc 100644 > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c > @@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ > * > * Daniel Podlejski <underley@...erley.eu.org> > * Modifications for 2.3.99-pre5 kernel. > + * > + * Zhi Yong Wu <wuzhy@...ux.vnet.ibm.com> > + * Remove the flow cache. > */ I agree with your patch, but please don't add to the comment changelog. These are all historical. The kernel development process has not used them for 5+ years. Can we get kernel janitors to just remove them, or would that step on too many early developers toes by removing credit? -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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