In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (at Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:25:19 +0200), Thomas Graf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> says:
> * YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / ?$B5HF#1QL@ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2007-03-27 22:45 > > When looking up route for destination with rules with > > source address restrictions, we may need to find a source > > address for the traffic if not given. > > Out of curiosity, what sort of rules would have this flag set? > The majority of lookups don't provide a valid source address. > This new address search could become very expensive, because > none of the results are cached. This flags is used for Mobile IPv6. Well, for non-connected sockets on hosts, yes, the process might not be light-weight. But, on routers, or once the socket is connected, source address should be always set. > This chunk won't apply to latest net-2.6.22, I've added two more > flags yesterday. Oops,... I'll send rebased version... --yoshfuji - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
