netdev - Re: [patch net-next RFC 1/2] fib: introduce fib notification infrastructure

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Message-ID: <6a4d9ba6-7113-b487-eb52-ca1f703d13f6@cumulusnetworks.com>
Date:   Tue, 6 Sep 2016 08:32:12 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsa@...ulusnetworks.com>
To:     Jiri Pirko <jiri@...nulli.us>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     davem@...emloft.net, idosch@...lanox.com, eladr@...lanox.com,
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Subject: Re: [patch net-next RFC 1/2] fib: introduce fib notification
 infrastructure

On 9/6/16 6:01 AM, Jiri Pirko wrote:
> From: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> 
> This allows to pass information about added/deleted fib entries to
> whoever is interested. This is done in a very similar way as devinet
> notifies address additions/removals.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jiri Pirko <jiri@...lanox.com>
> ---
>  include/net/ip_fib.h | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
>  net/ipv4/fib_trie.c  | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
> 

The notifier infrastructure should be generalized for use with IPv4 and IPv6. While the data will be family based, the infra can be generic.