Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: [PATCH] linux/net/ipv4/arp.c, kernel 2.0.36 (& 2.0.37-pre9) | Date | Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:25:19 +0100 (BST) |
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> > The kernel knows perfectly well that its silly to send packets to yourself > > via external interfaces. This patch isn't needed. The bug is your routing > > table and trying to set up this configuration. > > Alan, this bitten me long time ago, too. External loopback is very > nice for testing...
There are two reasons Im not putting this in
1. Its a very specialised need. The patch is fine if you need it add it - its more specialised than other "not needed" patches people keep out of the main tree.
2. Its on a common code path. Sum the number of times that path is taken by the number of users of Linux versus the 3 or 4 who actually need it.
There isnt anything wrong with the patch, its just not relevant to the userbase as a whole and its on a regularly executed path
Alan
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