Re: [PATCH] ioctl SIOCGIFNETMASK: ip alias bug 2.4.9 and 2.2.19

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Tue, 11 Sep 2001 19:22:57 +0400 (MSK DST)


Hello!

> Let's keep this as simple as possible.

A. No way to do the trick with SIOCSIF*.

B. The things does not become simpler when code does something random.
The things become simpler when code checks something explicitly,
otherwise you have to add comment: "Well, here we do this against
plain logic, but this does not matter because of this, this and this."

Alexey
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