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Re: [PATCH 3/4] net ipv4: When possible test for IFF_LOOPBACK and not dev == loopback_dev [message #20880 is a reply to message #20853]

Thu, 27 September 2007 10:34

Daniel Lezcano
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Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> Now that multiple loopback devices are becoming possible it makes
> the code a little cleaner and more maintainable to test if a deivice
> is th a loopback device by testing dev->flags & IFF_LOOPBACK instead
> of dev == loopback_dev.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com>


Urs Thuermann posted the patch:

	[PATCH 5/7] CAN: Add virtual CAN netdevice driver

This network driver set its flag to IFF_LOOPBACK for testing.
Is it possible this can be a collision with your patch ?

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		[PATCH 1/4] net: Dynamically allocate the per cpu counters for the loopback device. By: ebiederm on Wed, 26 September 2007 23:53
		[PATCH 2/4] net ipv4: Remove unnecessary test for the loopback device from inetdev_destroy By: ebiederm on Wed, 26 September 2007 23:55
		[PATCH 3/4] net ipv4: When possible test for IFF_LOOPBACK and not dev == loopback_dev By: ebiederm on Wed, 26 September 2007 23:58
		[PATCH 4/4] net: Make the loopback device per network namespace By: ebiederm on Thu, 27 September 2007 00:00
		Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: Make the loopback device per network namespace By: davem on Thu, 27 September 2007 05:11
		Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: Make the loopback device per network namespace By: den on Thu, 27 September 2007 12:14
		Re: [PATCH 4/4] net: Make the loopback device per network namespace By: ebiederm on Thu, 27 September 2007 16:48
		Re: [PATCH 3/4] net ipv4: When possible test for IFF_LOOPBACK and not dev == loopback_dev By: davem on Thu, 27 September 2007 05:10
		Re: [PATCH 3/4] net ipv4: When possible test for IFF_LOOPBACK and not dev == loopback_dev By: Daniel Lezcano on Thu, 27 September 2007 10:34
		Re: [PATCH 3/4] net ipv4: When possible test for IFF_LOOPBACK and not dev == loopback_dev By: ebiederm on Thu, 27 September 2007 16:10
		Re: [PATCH 2/4] net ipv4: Remove unnecessary test for the loopback device from inetdev_destroy By: davem on Thu, 27 September 2007 05:09
		Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: Dynamically allocate the per cpu counters for the loopback device. By: davem on Thu, 27 September 2007 05:09
		Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: Dynamically allocate the per cpu counters for the loopback device. By: ebiederm on Thu, 27 September 2007 07:48
		Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: Dynamically allocate the per cpu counters for the loopback device. By: davem on Thu, 27 September 2007 18:52
		Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: Dynamically allocate the per cpu counters for the loopback device. By: ebiederm on Thu, 27 September 2007 20:44
		Re: [PATCH 1/4] net: Dynamically allocate the per cpu counters for the loopback device. By: davem on Thu, 27 September 2007 20:56

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