On 20 February 2012 16:15, Luigi Rizzo <ri...@iet.unipi.it> wrote: >> The concept seems fine to me and I like that it might simplify future >> API changes. Have you verified that if_get_*() accessors don't add >> significant overhead? > > the vast majority of these fields are only accessed in the control path, > not on each packet, so there isn't really a performance issue. Besides > they can be trivially implemted as macros or inline functions.
I doubt Juniper need _binary_ level compatibility. So we could get away with inline methods. This sort of thing just makes source level compatibility a lot easier. Adrian _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
