lists.openwall.net   lists  /  announce  owl-users  owl-dev  john-users  john-dev  passwdqc-users  yescrypt  popa3d-users  /  oss-security  kernel-hardening  musl  sabotage  tlsify  passwords  /  crypt-dev  xvendor  /  Bugtraq  Full-Disclosure  linux-kernel  linux-netdev  linux-ext4  linux-hardening  linux-cve-announce  PHC 
Open Source and information security mailing list archives
 
Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.
[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
Date:	Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:34:57 -0800
From:	Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	jhs@...atatu.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org, dev@...nvswitch.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 4/4] net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 3:19 PM, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> wrote:
> From: Jesse Gross <jesse@...ira.com>
> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:11:33 -0800
>
>> As you mention, one of the biggest benefits of Open vSwitch is how
>> simple the kernel portions are (it's less than 6000 lines).  It's
>> existed as an out-of-tree project for several years now so it's
>> actually fairly mature already and unlikely that there will be a
>> sudden influx of new code over the coming months.
>
> The packet scheduler classification and packet action infrastructure
> has been around 5 times longer.

The only point that I was trying to make with that comment is that
it's unlikely that Open vSwitch will suddenly get more complex due to
the introduction of new code.
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html

Powered by blists - more mailing lists