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Re: [26/*] [NET] Kill dst_pmtu/dst_path_metric

To: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [26/*] [NET] Kill dst_pmtu/dst_path_metric
From: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 10:46:00 -0800
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On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 22:06:11 +1100
Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This would have been the patch that removed dst->path.  But
> ip_append_data got in the way :)
> 
> However, using dst->path is only needed rarely and should always
> require a bit of deliberation.  So let's get rid of dst_pmtu
> and dst_path_metric and use dst_mtu and dst_metric directly.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Applied, thanks.

> BTW, shouldn't dst_allfrag be called dst_path_allfrag?

If you think that makes it's functionality clearer, sure.

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