On Mon, 2013-12-16 at 23:47 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:26:22 +0800 > Zhi Yong Wu <zwu.ker...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > > > The flow cache is an extremely broken concept, and it usually brings up > > growth issues and DoS attacks, so this patch is trying to remove it from > > the tuntap driver, and insteadly use a simpler way for its flow control. > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > --- > > drivers/net/tun.c | 208 > > +++-------------------------------------------------- > > 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 198 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c > > index 7c8343a..7c27fdc 100644 > > --- a/drivers/net/tun.c > > +++ b/drivers/net/tun.c > > @@ -32,12 +32,15 @@ > > * > > * Daniel Podlejski <under...@underley.eu.org> > > * Modifications for 2.3.99-pre5 kernel. > > + * > > + * Zhi Yong Wu <wu...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> > > + * Remove the flow cache. > > */ > > I agree with your patch, but please don't add to the comment changelog. > These are all historical. The kernel development process has not used > them for 5+ years. > > Can we get kernel janitors to just remove them, or would that step > on too many early developers toes by removing credit? I thought that it is a big code change, and need to add some changelog for this, but you seem to have a big argue. :) I don't object to removing my comment in its changelog if other guys also agree with you.
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