From: CGEL <cgel.zte@gmail.com>
To: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org>
Cc: davem@davemloft.net, yoshfuji@linux-ipv6.org, dsahern@kernel.org,
prestwoj@gmail.com, xu.xin16@zte.com.cn, zxu@linkedin.com,
praveen5582@gmail.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org, Zeal Robot <zealci@zte.com.cn>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] ipv4: delete sysctls about routing cache
Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2021 02:02:23 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <61c52a32.1c69fb81.e2913.d0d9@mx.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211223084702.51d09c08@kicinski-fedora-PC1C0HJN.hsd1.ca.comcast.net>
On Thu, Dec 23, 2021 at 08:47:02AM -0800, Jakub Kicinski wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Dec 2021 12:20:10 +0000 cgel.zte@gmail.com wrote:
> > From: xu xin <xu.xin16@zte.com.cn>
> >
> > Since routing cache in ipv4 has been deleted in 2012, the sysctls about
> > it are useless.
>
> Search for those on GitHub. Useless or not, there is software which
> expects those files to exist and which may break if they disappear.
> That's why they were left in place.
Maybe we can note these inoperative interfaces in ip-sysctl.rst or
somewhere else, suggesting users not to use them any longer.
Wish you merry christmas in advance.
Xu Xin
prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-12-24 2:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-12-23 12:20 [PATCH net-next] ipv4: delete sysctls about routing cache cgel.zte
2021-12-23 16:47 ` Jakub Kicinski
2021-12-24 2:02 ` CGEL [this message]
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