On 5 July 2017 at 08:05, Marius Strobl wrote: > On Mon, Jul 03, 2017 at 05:08:09PM +0200, Vincenzo Maffione wrote: >> Details here: >> >> https://github.com/luigirizzo/netmap/issues/322 >> >> Is it acceptable to commit the proposed patch? > > As suggested by hselasky@, the outliner problem at hand is better solved > by a dummy if_start method in order to not hurt the fast-path. Thus, if > anything at all, a KASSERT(ifp->if_start != NULL, "no if_start method") > should be added to if_handoff() and if_start().
As noted by ae@, if_transmit() is not supported on the loopback interface. In any case, the loopback interface could provide a dummy if_transmit() method to not queue the packets, not call if_start() and print a warning/panic. Luiz _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
