[NET] fib_rules: Flush route cache after rule modifications

The results of FIB rules lookups are cached in the routing cache
except for IPv6 as no such cache exists. So far, it was the
responsibility of the user to flush the cache after modifying any
rules. This lead to many false bug reports due to misunderstanding
of this concept.

This patch automatically flushes the route cache after inserting
or deleting a rule.

Thanks to Muli Ben-Yehuda <muli@il.ibm.com> for catching a bug
in the previous patch.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Graf <tgraf@suug.ch>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/fib_rules.h b/include/net/fib_rules.h
index 08bab8b6e575..ed3a8872c6ca 100644
--- a/include/net/fib_rules.h
+++ b/include/net/fib_rules.h
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ struct fib_rules_ops
         u32                     (*default_pref)(void);
         size_t                  (*nlmsg_payload)(struct fib_rule *);
 
+        /* Called after modifications to the rules set, must flush
+         * the route cache if one exists. */
+        void                    (*flush_cache)(void);
+
         int                     nlgroup;
         struct nla_policy       *policy;
         struct list_head        *rules_list;