From: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:13:42 +0200 (MEST)
> [NET]: dev_mcast: add multicast list synchronization helpers > > The method drivers currently use to synchronize multicast lists is not > very pretty: > > - walk the multicast list > - search each entry on a copy of the previous list > - if new add to lower device > - walk the copy of the previous list > - search each entry on the current list > - if removed delete from lower device > - copy entire list > > This patch adds a new field to struct dev_addr_list to store the > synchronization state and adds two helper functions for synchronization > and cleanup. > > Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Applied. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html