* Jarek Poplawski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-03-28 13:19 > I hope I'm wrong, but isn't this at the cost of admins > working with long rules' sets, which (probably) take extra > time now?
That's right, it makes the insert and delete operation more expensive. A compromise would be to delay the flushing and wait for some time (default 2 seconds) whether more rules or routes are being added before flushing. [NET] fib_rules: delay route cache flush by ip_rt_min_delay Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Index: linux/net-2.6.22/net/decnet/dn_rules.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/net-2.6.22/net/decnet/dn_rules.c 2007-03-28 17:41:22.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/net-2.6.22/net/decnet/dn_rules.c 2007-03-28 17:41:39.000000000 +0200 @@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ static u32 dn_fib_rule_default_pref(void static void dn_fib_rule_flush_cache(void) { - dn_rt_cache_flush(0); + dn_rt_cache_flush(-1); } static struct fib_rules_ops dn_fib_rules_ops = { Index: linux/net-2.6.22/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/net-2.6.22/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c 2007-03-28 17:41:18.000000000 +0200 +++ linux/net-2.6.22/net/ipv4/fib_rules.c 2007-03-28 17:41:30.000000000 +0200 @@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ static size_t fib4_rule_nlmsg_payload(st static void fib4_rule_flush_cache(void) { - rt_cache_flush(0); + rt_cache_flush(-1); } static struct fib_rules_ops fib4_rules_ops = { - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html