netdev - Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26 3/10][VLAN]: Tag vlan_group

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Message-ID: <4804997C.6090107@trash.net>
Date:	Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:03:08 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>
CC:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-2.6.26 3/10][VLAN]: Tag vlan_group_device with net
 device, not ifindex.

Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> Currently vlan group is searched using one key - the ifindex.
> We'll have to lookup the vlan_group by two keys - ifindex and
> net. Turning the vlan_group lookup key to struct net_device
> pointer will make this process easier.
> 
> Besides, this will eliminate one more place in the networking,
> that assumes that indexes are unique in the kernel.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...nvz.org>

Acked-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
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