* David Higgs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-15 01:59]: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Henning Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Toni Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2008-06-14 11:29]: > >> Would it be possible to walk along the live table, without copying the > >> table, or would the continuous stream of route inserts and deletes lead > >> to a corrupted view and/or access to the wrong parts of the system's > >> memory (which must to be prevented), or would this be such a > >> performance hit that this is unfeasible? > > > > userland can walk a kernel table since when exactly? > > (leave dirty /dev/mem style hacks aside) > > If the kernel table is kept in an ordered state, userland could > provide a "starting value" or key. The kernel can then return the > requested chunk (up to the size requested) starting at the "next" > table item that comes after the key.
wow. you completely miss the point. userland cannot poke in kernel memory. (footnote: ok, it can, but assuming it can't is better) -- Henning Brauer, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] BS Web Services, http://bsws.de Full-Service ISP - Secure Hosting, Mail and DNS Services Dedicated Servers, Rootservers, Application Hosting - Hamburg & Amsterdam
