Re: Updated Equalize patch

Guus Sliepen (guus@warande3094.warande.uu.nl)
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 21:38:35 +0100


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On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 09:28:32PM +0100, Patrick McHardy wrote:

> I've updated the equalize patch to apply on 2.4.18.
> The patch also addresses two race conditions in
> ip_route_input(..) and ip_route_output_key(..).
> The rt_hash_table entry is only read locked although elements
> from the chain can be freed if there is a matching entry with
> RTCF_EQUALIZE set.

Thank you very much! I've added it to the FTP site. I'd like to know if
there is anything the patch does that can't be done with the bonding
module, because otherwise I'd suggest using the latter (it's much
cleaner and handles all Ethernet protocols).

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Met vriendelijke groet / with kind regards,
Guus Sliepen <guus@sliepen.warande.net>

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