[openib-general] [PATCH] netdevice.h: Add RDMA private pointer to the net_device structure

[Caitlin Bestler]

Good point. That might be enough of a justification alone.
And as already state, I'm convinced there will be other uses.
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Dreier [mailto:rolandd at cisco.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 11:01 AM
> To: Caitlin Bestler
> Cc: Sean Hefty; openib-general at openib.org
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] [PATCH] netdevice.h: Add RDMA 
> private pointer to the net_device structure
> 
>     Caitlin> I think a link from the rdma_device to the net_device is
>     Caitlin> adequate for those purposes.
>  
> It's the wrong direction though.  It seems kind of ugly to 
> have to iterate through the list of rdma_devices for every 
> route lookup, even if the list is almost always short.
> 
>  - R.
> 
>