cvs commit: src/sys/netinet if_ether.c

[Sam Leffler]

Kip Macy wrote:
> kmacy       2007-12-17 04:19:25 UTC
>
>   FreeBSD src repository
>
>   Modified files:
>     sys/netinet          if_ether.c 
>   Log:
>   Don't panic in arpresolve if we're given a null mbuf. We could
>   insist that the caller just pass in an initialized mbuf even
>   if didn't have any data - but that seems rather contrived.
>   

You don't explain the purpose of this change.  arpresolve has been 
designed for use in the xmit path where there is always an mbuf.  This 
feels like you are now applying it for a different purpose and it might 
be better to define a different api than overload arpresolve's intended 
purpose.

    Sam