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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] net: ipv4: add support for ECMP hash policy
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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 09:01:16 -0600
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On 3/15/17 3:17 AM, Nicolas Dichtel wrote:
>>> Is there another patch to add the NETCONFA_ECMP support?
>>>
>>
>> does userspace care?
> Yes, I think it is needed so that userspace can correctly monitor this behavior.
> It also enables to check this parameter through netlink.
> 

I don't understand why userspace cares. What can userspace do with that
information?