From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipmr, ip6mr: add RTNH_F_UNRESOLVED flag to unresolved cache entries Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2017 10:04:45 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <20170103.100445.159677172654029012.davem@davemloft.net> References: <1483442019-20917-1-git-send-email-nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, roopa@cumulusnetworks.com To: nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com Return-path: Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([184.105.139.130]:37500 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757468AbdACPEq (ORCPT ); Tue, 3 Jan 2017 10:04:46 -0500 In-Reply-To: <1483442019-20917-1-git-send-email-nikolay@cumulusnetworks.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Nikolay Aleksandrov Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 12:13:39 +0100 > While working with ipmr, we noticed that it is impossible to determine > if an entry is actually unresolved or its IIF interface has disappeared > (e.g. virtual interface got deleted). These entries look almost > identical to user-space when dumping or receiving notifications. So in > order to recognize them add a new RTNH_F_UNRESOLVED flag which is set when > sending an unresolved cache entry to user-space. > > Suggested-by: Roopa Prabhu > Signed-off-by: Nikolay Aleksandrov This looks fine, applied, thanks.