netdev - Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 07/11] ipv6: Move dst->from into struct rt6

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Date:   Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:47:05 -0700
From:   Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC v2 PATCH 07/11] ipv6: Move dst->from into struct rt6_info.

On Tue, 2017-10-31 at 23:10 +0900, David S. Miller wrote:
> The dst->from value is only used by ipv6 routes to track where
> a route "came from".
> 
> Any time we clone or copy a core ipv6 route in the ipv6 routing
> tables, we have the copy/clone's ->from point to the base route.
> 
> This is used to handle route expiration properly.
> 
> Only ipv6 uses this mechanism, and only ipv6 code references
> it.  So it is safe to move it into rt6_info.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>