Re: iproute2: git pull request from debian repo.

[Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>]

Andreas Henriksson wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 21, 2007 at 07:48:21PM +0200, Patrick McHardy wrote:
>> Andreas Henriksson wrote:
>>> -		for (;;) {
>>> +		while (round < MAX_ROUNDS) {
>>> 			if (rtnl_wilddump_request(&rth, filter.family, 
>>> 			RTM_GETADDR) < 0) {
>>> 				perror("Cannot send dump request");
>>> 				exit(1);
>>> @@ -694,6 +696,8 @@ int ipaddr_list_or_flush(int argc, char **argv, int 
>>> flush)
>>> 				fflush(stdout);
>>> 			}
>>> 		}
>>> +		fprintf(stderr, "*** Flush remains incomplete after %d 
>>> rounds. ***\n", MAX_ROUNDS); fflush(stderr);
>>
>> Again, please make this optional. People might want to make
>> sure the cache is flushed even if it takes a bit longer.
> 
> And here's the alternativ with configurable max rounds (0=infinite)...


Almost - the default behaviour shouldn't change IMO. Also please
send a complete patch, not one on top of your old one.

>  
> -		while (round < MAX_ROUNDS) {
> +		while ((maxrounds == 0) || (round < maxrounds)) {

And please remove the unnecessary parens.