netdev - Re: [RFC] net: refactor multicast/unicast address list

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Message-Id: <1245193788.21287.66.camel@johannes.local>
Date:	Wed, 17 Jun 2009 01:09:48 +0200
From:	Johannes Berg <johannes@...solutions.net>
To:	Jiri Pirko <jpirko@...hat.com>
Cc:	Netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	John Linville <linville@...driver.com>,
	linux-wireless <linux-wireless@...r.kernel.org>,
	davem <davem@...emloft.net>
Subject: Re: [RFC] net: refactor multicast/unicast address list

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 14:38 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:

> >> Yes, I've already converted unicast lists to use list_head there. I'm sending
> >> the patch doing the same for multicast lists soon.
> >
> >Very nice! After that maybe I'll take a look again at moving things into
> >a common structure -- I ultimately want to use a multicast list without
> >a netdev to sync multiple netdevs onto a common multicast list that is
> >not part of a netdev.
> 
> I see, hmm, I think I can do this change with my conversion... I was thinking
> about similar thing as you suggest before...

I don't think the patch for converting the multicast lists will hit .31,
I take it?

I'd like to get this patch into the .32 tree once it opens
http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/NNN-net-core-mc-sync-list.patch

but I don't know how to handle that wrt. your patch, which will clearly
conflict with mein. Will you be sending that soon?

I guess we could stick this one into wireless-testing, and then take it
out again once your patch hits the tree and offers me similar API for
list_head based multicast lists?

johannes

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