netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net/ipv6: followup to fib6

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Message-Id: <20180419.154236.579376211829631269.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Thu, 19 Apr 2018 15:42:36 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     dsahern@...il.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, idosch@...sch.org,
        roopa@...ulusnetworks.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
        weiwan@...gle.com, kafai@...com, yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] net/ipv6: followup to fib6_info change

From: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2018 15:38:58 -0700

> Followup to fib change for IPv6.
> 
> First 2 patches rename fib6_info struct elements to match its name,
> and rename addrconf_dst_alloc to match what it returns.
> 
> Patches 3-7 refactor the code to remove the need for fib6_idev reducing
> fib6_info by another 8 bytes to 200 bytes.
> 
> Patch 8 fixes the gfp flags argument to addrconf_prefix_route in a
> couple of places.

Series applied.

I'm really happy with how these changes are making the code look.

The disconnect between dst.dev and rt6i_idev always bugged me.