linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 02/03] net/bridge: add support for EtherIP devices

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Message-ID: <20060925145429.GF23028@zlug.org>
Date:	Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:54:29 +0200
From:	Joerg Roedel <joro-lkml@...g.org>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...l.org>
Cc:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>, davem@...emloft.net,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 02/03] net/bridge: add support for EtherIP devices

On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 07:40:09AM -0700, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> 
> To get a list of all EtherIP devices, just maintain a linked list
> in the private device information. Use list macros, it isn't hard.

I use lists in the driver to maintain the list. The problem is to get
such a list in userspace in a safe way (the way over SIOCDEVPRIVATE
ioctls is not safe).
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