Re: CVS commit: src/sys/net

[Ryota Ozaki <ozaki-r%netbsd.org@localhost>]

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:37 AM, matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost> wrote:
>> Oh, I see. We shouldn't drop any events of link state changes.
>
> i don't see any point in keeping a huge series of link changes
> if they can be collapsed into an equivalent sequence.  with VMs
> and other user-controlled systems it's possible to flood such a
> link state checking engine.

Sorry for my bad wording. I meant we shouldn't drop events _in normal
cases_; the number of events should be several. If a huge number of
events happen in a short period (e.g., due to hardware troubles,
abnormal VMMs, etc.), we should eliminate events to protect the system.

  ozaki-r