[LARTC] Re: [ANNOUNCE] iproute2 version (050929)

[Stephen Hemminger]

On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:37:00 -0400
jamal <hadi at cyberus.ca> wrote:

> On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 22:08 +0200, Krzysztof Oledzki wrote:
> > 
> 
> > >
> > > Why are you trying to flush those tables?
> > To install a new set of rules.
> > 
> 
> 
> flush should kill everything if i am not mistaken. 
> Are you replacing the main table etc as well?
> 
> > > Try to downgrade the kernel and see what happens - go as far as 2.6.12
> > But why? It works with older (ss050330) version of iproute2 even on 
> > 2.6.13.3.
> > 
> 
> Ok, sorry i wasnt aware of that. Try the attached patch.
> 
> cheers,
> jamal

Look like the -batch code that keeps the RTNL handle open was
breaking this.  The patch shows the general idea, but it still has
problems because I think it would still not work if used in
-batch situation.

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Stephen Hemminger <shemminger at osdl.org>
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