netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Support ip route get via given table

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Message-Id: <20150903.154015.1172003362734952780.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 03 Sep 2015 15:40:15 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	dsa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] net: Support ip route get via given table

From: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Wed,  2 Sep 2015 12:03:12 -0700

> Add support for 'ip [-6] route get table X' where the user wants to
> force the FIB lookup from a given table.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>

As Thomas mentioned, this adds cost to the FIB lookup fastpath
for a control-plane only feature, which is really undesirable.

I think I'll pass on this change for now, sorry.
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