netdev - Re: [PATCH 1/3] [net/core] move dev_mc_discard from dev

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 PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:03:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	crquan@...il.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, kuznet@....inr.ac.ru, pekkas@...core.fi,
	jmorris@...ei.org, kaber@...eworks.de, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] [net/core] move dev_mc_discard from dev_mcast.c to
 dev.c

From: "rae l" <crquan@...il.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:59:52 +0800

> And then the dev_mcast.c is now only 256 lines long(versus dev.c 4052 lines),
> just left a few multicast related functions definition and "dev_mcast"
> procfs code,
> I have an idea to merge all code dev_mcast.c into dev.c, that would:
> 
> - remove two functions (__dev_addr_delete, __dev_set_rx_mode) from netdevice.h,
>   and then tag them static,
>   those two are also defined in dev.c and only called from dev_mcast.c,
> 
> - reducing one file would benefit the compilation process.
> 
> All in one word, I don't think the single file dev_mcast.c is needed anymore.

Agreed.
-
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