From: "Paul Fulghum" <paulkf@microgate.com>
To: "Bob Dunlop" <Bob.Dunlop@farsite.co.uk>
Cc: "Matt Schulkind" <mschulkind@sbs.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Syncppp
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 08:32:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <008b01c11f4d$d01933e0$8119fea9@diemos> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3810755D5165D2118F4400104B36917AC4FD34@normandy> <002f01c11eca$1db590f0$8119fea9@diemos> <20010807102613.A18724@farsite.co.uk>
> On Intel (i386) it looks like it clobbers last_rx which is probably harmless,
> but it's close to some hairy pointers so who knows on other architectures.
> The fact that pp_link_state is not being reset could well explain how I was
> getting into that negotiation loop problem earlier in the year. The loop
> fix is still a valid safety however.
Part of the problem is the masochistic construction of
the (ppp_device/net_device/struct sppp/serial context data)
quad. A nasty mess of casts and followed pointers
likely to make your head spin (and your code wrong).
Paul Fulghum paulkf@microgate.com
Microgate Corporation www.microgate.com
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-07 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-06 19:15 Syncppp Matt Schulkind
2001-08-06 22:49 ` Syncppp Paul Fulghum
2001-08-07 9:26 ` Syncppp Bob Dunlop
2001-08-07 14:32 ` Paul Fulghum [this message]
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