On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:43:16 +0800 Sepherosa Ziehau <sepher...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2018 at 10:19 AM, Aaron LI <a...@aaronly.me> wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Jul 2018 09:40:21 +0800 > > Sepherosa Ziehau <sepher...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I am not quite sure why we want to use if_alloc() in the first place? > > > > Since our if_alloc() is very simple, so there is no big benefit to use it > > over the direct kmalloc(). But if_alloc() is easier to use and more > > intuitive. > > I mean why allocate in the first place? What's wrong w/ embedding? There is nothing wrong with embedding ifnet inside tun_softc. So do you think is it better to embed or not embed the ifnet? I'll follow your advice. Thanks. -- Aaron
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