Re: [RFC] net: refactor multicast/unicast address list

On Tue, 2009-06-16 at 14:38 +0200, Jiri Pirko wrote:

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Yes, I've already converted unicast lists to use list_head there. I'm sending
the patch doing the same for multicast lists soon.

Very nice! After that maybe I'll take a look again at moving things into
a common structure -- I ultimately want to use a multicast list without
a netdev to sync multiple netdevs onto a common multicast list that is
not part of a netdev.

I see, hmm, I think I can do this change with my conversion... I was thinking
about similar thing as you suggest before...

I don't think the patch for converting the multicast lists will hit .31,
I take it?

I'd like to get this patch into the .32 tree once it opens
http://johannes.sipsolutions.net/patches/kernel/all/LATEST/NNN-net-core-mc-sync-list.patch

but I don't know how to handle that wrt. your patch, which will clearly
conflict with mein. Will you be sending that soon?

I guess we could stick this one into wireless-testing, and then take it
out again once your patch hits the tree and offers me similar API for
list_head based multicast lists?

johannes