netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: don't set DST_NOCOUNT for remotely added routes

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Message-Id: <20140306.152715.1223513898002005603.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:27:15 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...essinduktion.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv6: don't set DST_NOCOUNT for remotely added
 routes

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Date: Thu,  6 Mar 2014 17:51:57 +0100

> DST_NOCOUNT should only be used if an authorized user adds routes
> locally. In case of routes which are added on behalf of router
> advertisments this flag must not get used as it allows an unlimited
> number of routes getting added remotely.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
> Acked-by: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
> ---
> 
> Hannes suggested this for stable

This seems to conflict with the intentions of:

commit a3300ef4bbb1f1e33ff0400e1e6cf7733d988f4f
Author: Hannes Frederic Sowa <hannes@...essinduktion.org>
Date:   Sat Dec 7 03:33:45 2013 +0100

    ipv6: don't count addrconf generated routes against gc limit

If not, why not?
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