From: patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@kernel.org
To: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, dsahern@kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH iproute2] lib: bound the hostname cache in resolve_address
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <179435522017.125436.18266005474398577569.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261109180832.300754-1-stephen@networkplumber.org>
Hello:
This patch was applied to iproute2/iproute2.git (main)
by Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>:
On Mon, 9 Nov 2026 10:08:32 -0800 you wrote:
> The reverse lookup cache in resolve_address() grows without bound,
> including negative entries, so a long running "ip -r monitor" can be
> made to consume memory by churning addresses.
>
> Replace it with a small fixed size open addressed table (32 slots,
> multiplicative hash, oldest entry in the probe window is replaced)
> and use getnameinfo() instead of the obsolete gethostbyaddr().
>
> [...]
Here is the summary with links:
- [iproute2] lib: bound the hostname cache in resolve_address
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git/commit/?id=f7ebdb7e560e
You are awesome, thank you!
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