On 30 Sep 2025, at 19:39, Gleb Smirnoff wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2025 at 09:16:59PM +0000, Kristof Provost wrote:
> K> URL: 
> https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=4e7a375804e5ad4b244ce9a035fa971cbf2f0944
> K>
> K> commit 4e7a375804e5ad4b244ce9a035fa971cbf2f0944
> K> Author:     ItzBlinkzy <[email protected]>
> K> AuthorDate: 2025-09-28 17:21:41 +0000
> K> Commit:     Kristof Provost <[email protected]>
> K> CommitDate: 2025-09-29 21:15:55 +0000
> K>
> K>     IfAPI: Added missing accessor for if_home_vnet
> K>
> K>     Reviewed by:    kp
> K>     Signed-off-by:  Kevin Irabor <[email protected]>
>
> So, who is the actual author of the patch [email protected] or
> <[email protected]>?
>
I’d assume they’re the same person, but yeah, it’s not ideal.
I pulled this from GitHub and missed the discrepancy.

> The actual question is whether there is a driver that really needs to access
> this field or was this added by the logic that if a field exists in struct
> ifnet, a function to access it shall exist?
>
It’s hard to predict what fields will be relevant for out-of-tree consumers, 
but it seems reasonable to allow access to this one given we already allow the 
current vnet to be accessed too.

Best regards,
Kristof

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