netdev - Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip route: Add annotation for replaced routes

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Message-ID: <34430dc7-9393-125a-bed9-46cd1a79b919@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:	Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:37:01 -0600
From:	David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] ip route: Add annotation for replaced routes

On 6/14/16 3:34 PM, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Thu,  9 Jun 2016 13:05:42 -0700
> David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com> wrote:
>
>> If NLM_F_REPLACE flag is set then a route is replacing an existing route.
>> Prepend "Replaced " to these routes similar to how "Deleted " is added
>> to deleted routes.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
>
> Why just routes, there are several other places where Replaced entries could
> be returned?
>

b/c that's the use case I was investigating. :-)

Will add the others.