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From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] set fake_rtable's dst to NULL to avoid kernel Oops.
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 18:48:43 +0200
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On Tue, 2012-04-17 at 08:52 -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:

> This check seems like a disaster waiting to happen when the next
> change to DST table happens.

Please Peter Document this, adding a new DST_FAKE_RTABLE flag

#define DST_FAKE_RTABLE DST_NOPEER

or just use a bit, we have plenty of them available.