netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] net: add struct nexthop to fib{6}

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Message-ID: <CAADnVQLRjBQaoYA0Af12dBLgzWqFjOmpnY+kBrhQNrpQQqQEsg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jun 2019 20:03:31 -0700
From:   Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
To:     David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:     David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>,
        Saeed Mahameed <saeedm@...lanox.com>,
        Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>,
        Wei Wang <weiwan@...gle.com>, David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next 0/7] net: add struct nexthop to fib{6}_info

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 7:28 PM David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
>
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@...nel.org>
> Date: Mon,  3 Jun 2019 20:19:48 -0700
>
> > Set 10 of 11 to improve route scalability via support for nexthops as
> > standalone objects for fib entries.
> >     https://lwn.net/Articles/763950/
>
> Series applied, thanks David.

imo that was a bad precedent to make.
As far as I can see the discussion on a better path forward
was still ongoing in v2 thread between David, Martin and Wei.
Since the set is already applied it demotivated everyone
to review and discuss it further.
Please reconsider such decisions in the future.