From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: jamal Subject: Re: [IPSEC] Add XFRMA_SA/XFRMA_POLICY for delete notification Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 20:30:42 -0400 Message-ID: <1117240242.6251.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <20050527233741.GA9157@gondor.apana.org.au> Reply-To: hadi@cyberus.ca Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "David S. Miller" , Patrick McHardy , netdev@oss.sgi.com Return-path: To: Herbert Xu In-Reply-To: <20050527233741.GA9157@gondor.apana.org.au> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Sat, 2005-28-05 at 09:37 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Hi Dave: > > This is the patch that I reverted due to Jamal's objection to it. > I still think it's the right way to go which is why I'm submitting > it. As it is, all the xfrm event notifications sent by the kernel > except the ones for SA/policy deletion are symmetric in the sense > that if they were sent straight back to the kernel in that same > form they would be accepted and perform the same action that > triggered the initial events. As far as I know this is true for > non-xfrm netlink notifications as well, including deletion events. > I have no objection to this patch going forth. I think i have sufficiently expressed my dislike - but we gotta make progress;-> cheers, jamal