netdev - Re: [2/4] [IPV4]: Convert IPv4 devconf to an array

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Message-Id: <1180784870.4080.14.camel@localhost>
Date:	Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:47:50 -0400
From:	jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [2/4] [IPV4]: Convert IPv4 devconf to an array

On Sat, 2007-02-06 at 20:02 +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> [IPV4]: Convert IPv4 devconf to an array
> 
> This patch converts the ipv4_devconf config members (everything except
> sysctl) to an array.  This allows easier manipulation which will be
> needed later on to provide better management of default config values.
> 

Nice.
What be even nicer (wink, wink) is to be able to generate events when
these values change. Thomas and I once had long discussions on that
topic. It could be as primitive as a select()/poll() kicking in
when /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/default changes.
BTW, the fact select() doesnt kick at all (been a while since i last
tried) is something that seems to be a bug.

cheers,
jamal

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