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Re: [RTNETLINK] Provide real oif

To: jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RTNETLINK] Provide real oif
From: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 06:51:34 +1100
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On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 08:51:03AM -0500, jamal wrote:
> 
> I am wondering if they should have been the same resolved 
> cache entry to begin with. i.e the fl->oif should not have 
> been 0 rather the ifindex of eth0.
> Even in the case of multipath routing, you have to wait for 
> the cache to expire before selecting the next one in the slow 
> path; so fl->oif of zero may not be a very useful artifact. 

That would be good.  In fact, I think that's how IPv6 works.

Dave, is this acceptable?
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