On 05/20/15 14:24, Hiren Panchasara wrote:
> On 05/20/15 at 02:13P, Lawrence Stewart wrote:
>> Hi Hiren,
>> 
>> On 05/20/15 11:08, Hiren Panchasara wrote:
>>> Author: hiren Date: Wed May 20 01:08:01 2015 New Revision:
>>> 283136 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/283136
>>> 
>>> Log: Add a new sysctl net.inet.tcp.hostcache.purgenow=1 to
>>> expire and purge all entries in hostcache immediately.
>>> 
>>> In collaboration with:      bz, rwatson MFC after:  1 week Relnotes:
>>> yes Sponsored by:   Limelight Networks
>> 
>> Why introduce a new sysctl and not change the existing behaviour
>> of net.inet.tcp.hostcache.purge?
> 
> I thought it'd make more sense to keep the existing behavior as is
> and provide new knob for the new behavior.

Don't think so - why would deferring a purge to the next purge run be
useful compared to purging immediately? I'd strongly suggest you adapt
this change to the existing purge sysctl. I can't see why anyone would
miss the old functionality.

Cheers,
Lawrence
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