* Evgeniy Polyakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2005-08-07 15:19 > On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 01:12:19PM +0200, Thomas Graf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: > > I don't get this, you introduce a new option which basically > > changes the subscription schema from a bitmask to a single > > identifier. I don't see any code which would prevent the > > message delivery if the bitmask actually matches an identifier. > > Since it is new option, it is supposed that callers/users know what it > does, i.e. if one sets this, it already knows that groups will be > concidered not as bitmask, but as group number.
So you basically assume that all sockets of a specific netlink family either have this option enabled or disabled? Wouldn't it be easier to just enforce this on the family level rather than on a per socket basis? Anyways, your idea of having 32bit identifiers rather than a bitmask makes sense to me, however I think we should not lose the ability to do multicasting for event notifications so we might need a slightly more complex solution. I guess Patrick is taking care of this though. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
