> The callback you suggest for devices requesting an inbound filter will > infinite-loop when there's two such devices on the same vlan bus, > because each time the callback is called, that device will re-issue > its filter request which triggers the callback on the other similar > device. Back and forth. > > To avoid the infinite loop, the vlan code in the middle (if that's > where you want it, and I agree) has to distinguish between no inbound > filters requested by attached devices, and multiple incompatible > inbound filters requested by attached devices.
Of course. As I've said repeatedly, the only sane way to implement this is if you isolate individual devices from this kind of implementation detail. If you're API doesn't do that then it's wrong. Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
