From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Masahide NAKAMURA Subject: Re: PATCH: IPSEC xfrm events Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 23:19:45 +0900 Message-ID: <424D5881.4010005@linux-ipv6.org> References: <1112319441.1089.83.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050401042106.GA27762@gondor.apana.org.au> <1112353398.1096.116.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050401114258.GA2932@gondor.apana.org.au> <1112358278.1096.160.camel@jzny.localdomain> <20050401123554.GA3468@gondor.apana.org.au> <1112360379.1096.193.camel@jzny.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Patrick McHardy , "David S. Miller" , netdev Return-path: To: hadi@cyberus.ca, Herbert Xu In-Reply-To: <1112360379.1096.193.camel@jzny.localdomain> Sender: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: netdev-bounce@oss.sgi.com List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org Hello Jamal and Herbert, jamal wrote: > Let me review first. If it is valuable (we may have to leave expire > alone). If i can get it done within next day or two fine - else if i get > busyed out elsewhere i will hand it to you. Actually if you have plenty > cycles and are very enthusiastic about this i can hand it to you right > now ;-> Masahide and myself have some momentum going right now but i > dont think this will be that disruptive. > > >>You're right that the RFC isn't very clear. >> >>Let's forget about the RFC and simply consider the usefulness of this. >>I contend that it is useful to see a FLUSH notification even when >>it flushed nothing. >> >>The reason is that this is an indication to all listeners that the >>database is completely empty. >> > > > Ok, let me hear from Masahide-san: If he still holds the same opinion as > you then i will make the change. I think FLUSH should be sent in such case. Because flushing empty SADB/SPD is not an error (at current code), it is reasonable to broadcast it. Regards, -- Masahide NAKAMURA