netdev - Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?

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Message-ID: <20091018141826.GA12085@ioremap.net>
Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:18:26 +0400
From:	Evgeniy Polyakov <zbr@...emap.net>
To:	Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, greearb@...delatech.com,
	deri@...p.org, shemminger@...tta.com, brad.doctor@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel?

On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 02:43:37PM +0200, Harald Welte (laforge@...monks.org) wrote:
> How does it make it any easier?  Even right now you can implement an entire
> protocol family in your own module, either by registering as netpoll handler,
> or even using the regular dev_add_pack().

Well, it does, since packet will be processed by the main stack after
that, and module will work with the copy only. But I agree that this is
a weak argument.

If it is still a blocking one, what about implementing additional
gpl-only list of handlers which will have 'consumed' skb check? I
believe it would be enough to put it only in single place after the
bridge?

-- 
	Evgeniy Polyakov
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