> On 24.09.2019 12:42, Andriy Gapon wrote: > > > It seems that the userland component of ipfw/dummynet uses int for the > > bandwidth > > represented in bit/s. Also, int is used for passing that value from the > > userland to the kernel. > > > > What would be the best way to extend this? > > Just use a larger type? > > Or maybe add another field to try to preserve KBI backward compatibility? > > > > Thank you. > > AFAIK, we never had any public ABI or stable KBI interface announced to > userland or in-kernel consumers > and had no consumers of dummynet other than ipfw(8) binary. Just increase > type.
Any attempt to mfc this would break KABI/userland and that is never a good thing to do. It may not be a public ABI, but it is an ABI, and stability of that and backwards compatibility are always a good thing to strive for. -- Rod Grimes rgri...@freebsd.org _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
