Subject: Re: [RFC Patch net-next] ipv6: look up neighbours on demand in ip6_finish_output2()

From: Cong Wang <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:28:02 +0800

On 01/15/2013 02:30 AM, David Miller wrote:
>
> This is a very incomplete patch.
>
> If this change were so simple, it would have been done by someone
> else a long time ago.
>
> You must, in addition to the incredibly obvious changes in the packet
> output path, completely eliminate the caching of the neighbour entry
> in the ipv6 routes themselves.
>
> This means replacing every rt6->n access or test with something
> equivalent.
>

THanks, David and Eric!

I knew this is probably incomplete, that is why I added "RFC". 
Fortunately, YOSHIFUJI just sent a more complete patch:

[RFC net-next] ipv6 route: Do not attach neighbour on route.

So, please ignore mine and use his. :)