netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] Remove DST

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Message-ID: <1daa5b45-1507-5899-609c-1ebbc7816db1@gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Mar 2020 10:15:24 -0600
From:   David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
To:     David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] Remove DST_HOST

On 3/23/20 8:31 AM, David Laight wrote:
> Previous changes to the IP routing code have removed all the
> tests for the DS_HOST route flag.
> Remove the flags and all the code that sets it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@...lab.com>
> ---
> AFAICT the DST_HOST flag in route table entries hasn't been
> looked at since v4.2-rc1.

even back in 4.14 it was set and only checked in one spot -
fib6_commit_metrics.

> 
> A quick search failed to find the commit that removed the
> tests for it from ipv6/route.c
> I suspect other changes got added on top.

been on my to-do list to verify it was no longer needed. thanks for sending.

Acked-by: David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>