Re: [PATCH][ATM] make atm (and clip) modular + try_module_get()

Werner Almesberger (wa@almesberger.net)
Thu, 6 Mar 2003 18:02:09 -0300


chas williams wrote:
> while you could make skb_migrate() generic, in this case it doesnt
> really need to be.

Yes, that's a possible simplification.

> requeue the data. what keeps data from arriving on the vcc while
> you are reprocessing -- this could lead to out of order packet
> arrival.

I don't think that would be much of a problem: ATMARP basically
aggregates information, but does very little in terms of actual
state transitions based on ATMARP/InARP messages. And IP doesn't
mind a bit of reordering anyway. (Reconnecting an SVC in the
middle of a TCP session may of course cause performance
glitches, but that would be more a problem of detaching the VC
in the first place, than anything happening when re-attaching.)

- Werner

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