[openib-general] Re: ip_dev_find resolution?

[Hal Rosenstock]

On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 12:56, Michael S. Tsirkin wrote:
> Actually, I wander whether instead of ip_dev_find we can just
> 
>                 read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
>                 for (dev = dev_base; dev; dev = dev->next) {
> 
> and check the ip address?

working off the ip_ptr and ip6_ptr ?

> If this works, this has the advantage of supporting IPv6 as well.

This was introduced at one point and we subsequently changed to
ip_dev_find. I forget exactly why this was but can dig it out if no one
recalls.

-- Hal