From: David Miller <davem-fT/PcQaiUtIeIZ0/mPfg9Q@public.gmane.org>
To: ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org
Cc: netdev-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org,
gk-BGArkANP9klv6pq1l3V1OdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org,
linux-api-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH] neigh: Allow for user space users of the neighbour table
Date: Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:03:24 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090304.000324.111056346.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m11vtshn74.fsf-+imSwln9KH6u2/kzUuoCbdi2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org>
From: ebiederm-aS9lmoZGLiVWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org (Eric W. Biederman)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:23:43 -0800
>
> Currently it is possible to do just about everything with the arp table
> from user space except treat an entry like you are using it. To that end
> implement and a flag NTF_USE that when set in a netwlink update request
> treats the neighbour table entry like the kernel does on the output path.
>
> This allows user space applications to share the kernel's arp cache.
>
> Signed-off-by: Eric Biederman <ebiederm-BGArkANP9klv6pq1l3V1OdBPR1lH4CV8@public.gmane.org>
Ok, no objections from me.
I'll apply this to net-next-2.6, thanks.
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2009-02-20 20:23 [RFC][PATCH] neigh: Allow for user space users of the neighbour table Eric W. Biederman
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2009-03-04 8:03 ` David Miller [this message]
2009-03-04 21:32 ` Eric W. Biederman
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