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Date:      Thu, 21 Nov 2002 21:40:04 -0800
From:      "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com>
To:        <net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: MFC of mtags
Message-ID:  <196b01c291e9$9c0361b0$52557f42@errno.com>
References:  <196301c291e9$56d25e70$52557f42@errno.com>

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> I want to commit the mbuf packet tag changes to stable.  These changes
> replace the aux mbuf pointer in the mbuf with a list of "packet tags".
This
> does not change the size of the mbuf structure but does affect any
software
> that uses them (presently only KAME ipsec which has been patched to use
> packet tags instead).
>
> Included in the patch is a change to the calling convention of ip_output
to
> add a struct inpcb * instead of passing this pointer via an aux mbuf.
This
> was done to eliminate the main use of aux mbufs but would affect any
> software that directly calls ip_output (currently only ipfilter which has
> been patched appropriately).
>
> All these changes have been in current for a while.  They were originally
> developed in stable and have been in use, in one form or another (in
> stable), for ~9 months.
>
> If you have issues with these changes please contact me directly.  I'll
wait
> a week before applying them.
>

Sigh, the patch is found at http://www.freebsd.org/~sam/mtag-stable.patch.

    Sam


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