netdev - Re: route/max_size sysctl in ipv4

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Message-ID: <CAOxq_8PeZFGGsHoT7Ef0gJezV=UikMQqM0UvQZQcpOywxBOy4w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 7 Jan 2015 17:25:13 -0800
From:	Ani Sinha <ani@...sta.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: route/max_size sysctl in ipv4

hey guys,

On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 5:56 PM, Ani Sinha <ani@...sta.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 4:51 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
>> The sysctl is kept so that scripts reading it don't suddenly stop
>> working.  We can't just remove sysctl values.
>
> Interestingly, one of our scripts did break. It broke because now this
> sysctl is only available in the global net namespace and not in the
> child namespaces. If not breaking scripts is the fundamental logic in
> keeping in sysctl intact, would you guys be open to accepting a patch
> where we make this sysctl available for all net namespaces?

Any thoughts on this?
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