[IPV4]: Kill MULTIPATHHOLDROUTE flag.
It cannot work properly, so just ignore it in drr
and rr multipath algorithms just like the random
multipath algorithm does.
Suggested by Herbert Xu.
Signed-off by: Pravin B. Shelar <pravins@calsoftinc.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
diff --git a/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c b/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c
index 9349686..cf2e6bc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/multipath_drr.c
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@
static struct multipath_device state[MULTIPATH_MAX_DEVICECANDIDATES];
static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(state_lock);
-static struct rtable *last_selection = NULL;
static int inline __multipath_findslot(void)
{
@@ -111,11 +110,6 @@
.notifier_call = drr_dev_event,
};
-static void drr_remove(struct rtable *rt)
-{
- if (last_selection == rt)
- last_selection = NULL;
-}
static void drr_safe_inc(atomic_t *usecount)
{
@@ -144,14 +138,6 @@
int devidx = -1;
int cur_min_devidx = -1;
- /* if necessary and possible utilize the old alternative */
- if ((flp->flags & FLOWI_FLAG_MULTIPATHOLDROUTE) != 0 &&
- last_selection != NULL) {
- result = last_selection;
- *rp = result;
- return;
- }
-
/* 1. make sure all alt. nexthops have the same GC related data */
/* 2. determine the new candidate to be returned */
result = NULL;
@@ -229,12 +215,10 @@
}
*rp = result;
- last_selection = result;
}
static struct ip_mp_alg_ops drr_ops = {
.mp_alg_select_route = drr_select_route,
- .mp_alg_remove = drr_remove,
};
static int __init drr_init(void)
@@ -244,7 +228,7 @@
if (err)
return err;
- err = multipath_alg_register(&drr_ops, IP_MP_ALG_RR);
+ err = multipath_alg_register(&drr_ops, IP_MP_ALG_DRR);
if (err)
goto fail;