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    ipv4: Delete routing cache. · 89aef892
    David S. Miller authored
    
    
    The ipv4 routing cache is non-deterministic, performance wise, and is
    subject to reasonably easy to launch denial of service attacks.
    
    The routing cache works great for well behaved traffic, and the world
    was a much friendlier place when the tradeoffs that led to the routing
    cache's design were considered.
    
    What it boils down to is that the performance of the routing cache is
    a product of the traffic patterns seen by a system rather than being a
    product of the contents of the routing tables.  The former of which is
    controllable by external entitites.
    
    Even for "well behaved" legitimate traffic, high volume sites can see
    hit rates in the routing cache of only ~%10.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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