Remove (struct tcpcb) from the API?

[Adrian Chadd]

Wait, I thought we had xtcpcb or something to face userland?


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On 6 October 2016 at 12:05, Jonathan Looney <jonlooney at gmail.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Currently, the (struct tcpcb) is part of the kernel API. This means that we
> can only mess with the "spare" fields when we MFC things.
>
> Currently, things in userland *should* only be using the
> 'net.inet.tcp.pcblist' to extract the (stuct tcpcb) list from the kernel.
> We *should* be able to switch that sysctl so it only copies out the portion
> of the (struct tcpcb) that is actually needed by userspace. The trick is
> coming up with that list of fields, and then dealing with the fallout when
> userspace things not from the base package break.
>
> Does anyone have an idea of whether things in the ports tree use this and
> will break? And, does anyone have strong feelings one way or the other?
>
> Jonathan
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