> >  > 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.

Cool.

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meem

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