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dummynet: do not store struct ifnet pointers
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Authored by kp on May 19 2022, 5:00 PM.
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Summary

The dn_pkt_tag tag contained a struct ifnet pointer. If we persist that
across NET_EPOCH boundaries (as we did in dummynet) we risk panics if
the interface is removed between the packet being enqueued and it being
dequeued.

Convert the pointer into an index/generation pair and restore it when
the packet is taken out of the queue.

Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")

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