From: Al Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:12:14 +0000
> There might be practical considerations along the lines of "we want > lookups for loopback to be fast"... We have that taken care of, it's called "&loopback_dev". None of the performance-caring paths do dev_get_by_name("lo") - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/