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

From: YOSHIFUJI Hideaki <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 21:22:33 +0900

Cong Wang wrote:
> 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. :)

Well, in fact, it did't work.  Tt really needs further work.

--yoshfuji