netdev - Re: [PATCH 5/5 (resend)] net: Loopback ifindex is constant now

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Message-ID: <1344345234.28967.89.camel@edumazet-glaptop>
Date:	Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:13:54 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Linux Netdev List <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5 (resend)] net: Loopback ifindex is constant now

On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 15:02 +0400, Pavel Emelyanov wrote:
> As pointed out, there are places, that access net->loopback_dev->ifindex
> and after ifindex generation is made per-net this value becomes constant
> equals 1. So go ahead and introduce the LOOPBACK_IFINDEX constant and use
> it where appropriate.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@...allels.com>
> ---
>  drivers/net/loopback.c            |    1 +
>  include/net/net_namespace.h       |    7 +++++++
>  net/decnet/dn_route.c             |    6 +++---
>  net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c           |    2 +-
>  net/ipv4/ipmr.c                   |    2 +-
>  net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_rpfilter.c |    2 +-
>  net/ipv4/route.c                  |    6 +++---
>  net/ipv6/route.c                  |    2 +-
>  8 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

Acked-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>



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