Peter Memishian wrote:
> > FWIW such an approach is discussed in
> > http://jurassic.sfbay/~nordmark/ip-datapath-design.odt
> > which proposes using a "pre" ip_input functio which does these uncomming
> > checks and then calls the "normal" ip_input. That way we can avoid
> > duplicate code.
>
> I see. So where does this leave us? Should I proceed with the
> ill_dhcp_init approach, with the assumption that the datapath refactoring
> project will optimize this codepath to address any performance issues if
> necessary? Or is that not a safe assumption?
Yes, that sounds like a reasonable plan.
Erik