netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/3] New sysctl to turn off nexthop API compat mode

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Message-Id: <20200428.125056.826064107395390963.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Tue, 28 Apr 2020 12:50:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     roopa@...ulusnetworks.com
Cc:     dsahern@...il.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, rdunlap@...radead.org,
        nikolay@...ulusnetworks.com, bpoirier@...ulusnetworks.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v4 0/3] New sysctl to turn off nexthop API
 compat mode

From: Roopa Prabhu <roopa@...ulusnetworks.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:56:44 -0700

> Currently route nexthop API maintains user space compatibility
> with old route API by default. Dumps and netlink notifications
> support both new and old API format. In systems which have
> moved to the new API, this compatibility mode cancels some
> of the performance benefits provided by the new nexthop API.
>     
> This patch adds new sysctl nexthop_compat_mode which is on
> by default but provides the ability to turn off compatibility
> mode allowing systems to run entirely with the new routing
> API if they wish to. Old route API behaviour and support is
> not modified by this sysctl
 ...

Series applied, thank you.