From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jan Ceuleers Subject: Re: how routing table maintained Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:58:22 +0200 Message-ID: <500AEDBE.4000907@computer.org> References: <4A71D24947E78D43BC584A7CD4391A41017DD9AB@SIXPRD0410MB359.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "netdev@vger.kernel.org" To: BALAKUMARAN KANNAN Return-path: Received: from mailrelay012.isp.belgacom.be ([195.238.6.179]:3409 "EHLO mailrelay012.isp.belgacom.be" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751401Ab2GUSBX (ORCPT ); Sat, 21 Jul 2012 14:01:23 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4A71D24947E78D43BC584A7CD4391A41017DD9AB@SIXPRD0410MB359.apcprd04.prod.outlook.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On 07/19/2012 02:41 PM, BALAKUMARAN KANNAN wrote: > I want to know how routing table and routing cache is maintained. > I can find some entries in cache even after the route is deleted > from the routing table. Is it possible to delete an entry(the > particular entry or flush the entire cache) from the cache once > it is deleted from the main routing table. Kannan, Please be aware that David Miller is on a quest to obliterate the route cache. He has recently sent patches to do just that. HTH, Jan