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Date:      Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:52:30 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sbin/ifconfig ifconfig.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1011017145148.36202A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <200110171830.f9HIUEW68725@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Wed, 17 Oct 2001, Jonathan Lemon wrote:

> jlemon      2001/10/17 11:30:14 PDT
> 
>   Modified files:
>     sbin/ifconfig        ifconfig.c 
>   Log:
>   When specifying an interface to ifconfig, first look up the interface
>   index, then retrieve statistics for that index, rather than retrieving
>   all interfaces and then looking for a matching name.  This allows the
>   user to refer to an interface via an alias name.
>   
>   While I'm here, also perform a few assorted cleanups.
>   
>   Revision  Changes    Path
>   1.70      +12 -26    src/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.c

Without looking at the commit itself, that sounds like it's subject to a
race condition.  How about adding the ability to retrieve interface
statistics by name, rather than the indirection? 

Robert N M Watson             FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project
robert@fledge.watson.org      NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services



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