> > 3) ??? maybe define a new mblk type ??? > > This was also proposed before after (2) was rejected. > And one such attempt is already in the gate, multidata_t. > Although the name may suggest that it is only for more > than one message, there is no restriction that a > multidata_t mblk must carry more than one message. There > is the pattrinfo_t packet attribute to store whatever > private data the caller wants.
Indeed. Adi Masputra (who did the multidata design) also wrote a really nice design specification for multidata, included with PSARC/2002/276 (mmd.pdf in the "materials" directory). It would be great if someone could go back and open up that case (I also see that mmd.pdf itself is marked "Sun internal" -- but I suspect we could open it up). -- meem _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
