Re: [PATCH 0/2][RFC] Network Event Notifier Mechanism

[jamal <hadi@cyberus.ca>]

On Mon, 2006-26-06 at 09:34 -0500, Steve Wise wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 10:30 -0400, jamal wrote:

> The route/hh cache insertions might work for the initial dst MAC per
> next-hop IP.  But this dst MAC can _change_ for various reasons (even
> though the next-hop IP remains the same).   Such a change, I think,
> doesn't generate a new route + hh cache insertion, just a change to the
> hh entry.
> 
> Also, I think the route cache entry is created _before_ the MAC addr is
> known. So we really need to know when the neighbour entry is updated
> with the MAC address as a result of ARP/ND.  Hooking the correct spot in
> the neighbour code where the mac address gets stored also gets us the
> change event I described above.
> 
> Does this make sense?
> 

no - but as long as you solve the problem it should be fine. 
[My goal was to help -factoring in some experiences- it seems you have
it under control though].

cheers,
jamal