netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: fix compile issue with disabled CONFIG_NET

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Message-ID: <502E3417.9070602@sophos.com>
Date:	Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:07:51 +0200
From:	Ulrich Weber <ulrich.weber@...hos.com>
To:	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
CC:	<netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sctp: fix compile issue with disabled CONFIG_NET_NS

Hi Eric,

On 08/16/2012 08:58 PM, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Ulrich do you get any performance advantage by disabling the network 
> namespace? I am wondering if there is any benefit to keeping it 
> possible to disable the network namespace? The original reason for the 
> option was so that distributions and other who wanted to avoid new 
> code could protect their users, and that reasons seems to have long 
> since passed.
we just disable most of the options we don't use. I have no idea,
if there are any performance advantages here...

Cheers
Ulrich

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