From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
To: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, greearb@candelatech.com,
bridge@linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:26:36 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <45E6802C.2090708@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20070228.232224.74746939.davem@davemloft.net>
David Miller wrote:
> From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
> Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:04:36 -0800
>
>
>> If an normal application has to use something like raw packet
>> filtering, it seems there is a missing API.
>>
>
> I'm loosely following this discussion, but Ben mentions DHCP
> and I remember learning the other month that DHCP uses AF_PACKET
> and filtering instead of IP RAW sockets because it needs to get
> the MAC address and RAW sockets don't provide that.
>
sounds like a socket option would help, the data is already there. Then
the normal
UDP receive path would work.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-01 7:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-01 1:18 [Bridge] [PATCH] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01 1:28 ` Ben Greear
2007-03-01 3:56 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01 4:05 ` Ben Greear
2007-03-01 7:04 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-01 7:22 ` David Miller
2007-03-01 7:26 ` Stephen Hemminger [this message]
2007-03-01 7:30 ` David Miller
2007-03-01 11:47 ` jamal
2007-03-03 2:14 ` Andi Kleen
2007-03-03 4:22 ` David Miller
2007-03-03 7:09 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-03 12:30 ` Andi Kleen
2007-03-02 21:26 ` David Miller
2007-03-02 22:09 ` [Bridge] [RFC 1/2] " Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 22:14 ` [Bridge] [RFC 2/2] bridge: per device promiscious taps Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 22:48 ` [Bridge] [RFC 1/2] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling David Miller
2007-03-02 23:18 ` David Miller
2007-03-02 23:34 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 23:41 ` David Miller
2007-03-03 5:38 ` Herbert Xu
2007-03-03 5:59 ` David Miller
2007-03-03 6:42 ` Herbert Xu
2007-03-02 22:15 ` Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-03 12:04 ` [Bridge] [PATCH] " Stefan Rompf
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