Wasn't the route cache removed a while back?
1. The content of this article should be valid
for Linux 2.6.38, 2.6.39, 3.0 and 3.1. There are some
clues for Linux 2.6.35, 2.6.36 and 2.6.37 as well
as for Linux 3.2, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5. Starting from
Linux 3.6, the whole route cache has been removed.