[patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Carsten Andrich]

Hello everyone,

building up on Stefan's and my patches and Daniel's useful hint
regarding filter.txt, I assembled this short patch.

It attempts to clarify the tp_status situtation, considering that zero
has a special meaning and most bits are actually mutually exclusive.

I added filter.txt and and Daniel's and Chetan's excellent
psock_tpacket.c (IIRC Michael has already done that, but not yet pushed
to the public git repo) to the "see also" section.
I also appended packet.7 to getsockopt.2's "see also" section.

Cheers,
Carsten


diff --git a/man2/getsockopt.2 b/man2/getsockopt.2
index 925fa90..151cd31 100644
--- a/man2/getsockopt.2
+++ b/man2/getsockopt.2
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ system.
 .BR getprotoent (3),
 .BR protocols (5),
 .BR ip (7),
+.BR packet (7),
 .BR socket (7),
 .BR tcp (7),
 .BR udp (7),
diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index d8257f9..1ffcf32 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -319,9 +319,20 @@ original fanout algorithm selects a backlogged socket, the packet
 rolls over to the next available one.
 .TP
 .BR PACKET_LOSS " (with " PACKET_TX_RING )
-If set, do not silently drop a packet on transmission error, but
-return it with status set to
-.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT .
+When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
+to reset its
+.I tp_status
+to
+.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
+and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
+lingering on the ring).
+However if
+.BR PACKET_LOSS
+is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its
+.I tp_status
+reset to
+.BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE
+and the transmission process continued.
 .TP
 .BR PACKET_RESERVE " (with " PACKET_RX_RING )
 By default, a packet receive ring writes packets immediately following the
@@ -353,15 +364,21 @@ Packet socket and application communicate the head and tail of the ring
 through the
 .I tp_status
 field.
-The packet socket owns all slots with status
+The packet socket owns all slots with
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
 After filling a slot, it changes the status of the slot to transfer
 ownership to the application.
-During normal operation, the new status is
-.BR TP_STATUS_USER ,
-to signal that a correctly received packet has been stored.
+During normal operation, the new
+.I tp_status
+value has at least the
+.BR TP_STATUS_USER
+bit set, to signal that a received packet has been stored.
 When the application has finished processing a packet, it transfers
-ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting the status to
+ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
 Packet sockets implement multiple variants of the packet ring.
 The implementation details are described in
@@ -400,9 +417,13 @@ Create a memory-mapped ring buffer for packet transmission.
 This option is similar to
 .BR PACKET_RX_RING
 and takes the same arguments.
-The application writes packets into slots with status
+The application writes packets into slots with
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE
-and schedules them for transmission by changing the status to
+and schedules them for transmission by changing 
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST .
 When packets are ready to be transmitted, the application calls
 .BR send (2)
@@ -417,9 +438,11 @@ If an address is passed using
 or
 .BR sendmsg (2),
 then that overrides the socket default.
-On successful transmission, the socket resets the slot to
+On successful transmission, the socket resets
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE .
-It discards packets silently on error unless
+It immediately aborts the transmission on error unless
 .BR PACKET_LOSS
 is set.
 .TP
@@ -625,3 +648,12 @@ RFC\ 1700 for the IEEE 802.3 IP encapsulation.
 The
 .I <linux/if_ether.h>
 include file for physical layer protocols.
+
+The Linux kernel source tree.
+.IR /Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+describes how to apply Berkeley Packet Filters to packet sockets.
+.IR /tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_tpacket.c
+contains usage examples for all available versions of
+.BR PACKET_RX_RING
+and
+.BR PACKET_TX_RING .

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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Neil Horman]

On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:14:17PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> building up on Stefan's and my patches and Daniel's useful hint
> regarding filter.txt, I assembled this short patch.
> 
> It attempts to clarify the tp_status situtation, considering that zero
> has a special meaning and most bits are actually mutually exclusive.
> 
> I added filter.txt and and Daniel's and Chetan's excellent
> psock_tpacket.c (IIRC Michael has already done that, but not yet pushed
> to the public git repo) to the "see also" section.
> I also appended packet.7 to getsockopt.2's "see also" section.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carsten
> 
> 
> diff --git a/man2/getsockopt.2 b/man2/getsockopt.2
> index 925fa90..151cd31 100644
> --- a/man2/getsockopt.2
> +++ b/man2/getsockopt.2
> @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ system.
>  .BR getprotoent (3),
>  .BR protocols (5),
>  .BR ip (7),
> +.BR packet (7),
>  .BR socket (7),
>  .BR tcp (7),
>  .BR udp (7),
> diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
> index d8257f9..1ffcf32 100644
> --- a/man7/packet.7
> +++ b/man7/packet.7
> @@ -319,9 +319,20 @@ original fanout algorithm selects a backlogged socket, the packet
>  rolls over to the next available one.
>  .TP
>  .BR PACKET_LOSS " (with " PACKET_TX_RING )
> -If set, do not silently drop a packet on transmission error, but
> -return it with status set to
> -.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT .
> +When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
> +to reset its
> +.I tp_status
> +to
> +.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
> +and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
> +lingering on the ring).

I'm not sure this is 100% clear.  Any of these error status flags leave the
packet in memory on the ring.  WRONG_FORMAT, doesn't do anything special here.

The rest of teh packet changes look good to me.

Best
Neil

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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Carsten Andrich]

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Am Freitag, den 25.04.2014, 07:02 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:14:17PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> [...]
> > +When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
> > +to reset its
> > +.I tp_status
> > +to
> > +.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
> > +and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
> > +lingering on the ring).
> 
> I'm not sure this is 100% clear.  Any of these error status flags leave the
> packet in memory on the ring.  WRONG_FORMAT, doesn't do anything special here.

The RX-related flags simply denote additional information, which are not
essential for RX ring operation, i.e. it won't hurt you if you ignore
them.

TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT is different. It's only set if the transmission
process is aborted by the kernel. If this occurs the sendto()-call will
return EINVAL. In this case you have to walk the ring backwards from the
current userspace frame pointer, look for a frame with tp_status ==
TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT, fix it and set its tp_status =
TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST. I assume PACKET_LOSS was introduced to obviate
the need to do this.

This should qualify TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT as special. This behaviour
probably deserves a little more detail in the man-page, but I'll defer
that until the general overhaul takes place.

I've hacked up a demonstration and attached it.
Sorry, I'm a freedom-fighter against the 80-character-oppression :)

I also updated my patch for merge-less application to current
git-master:

diff --git a/man2/getsockopt.2 b/man2/getsockopt.2
index 925fa90..151cd31 100644
--- a/man2/getsockopt.2
+++ b/man2/getsockopt.2
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ system.
 .BR getprotoent (3),
 .BR protocols (5),
 .BR ip (7),
+.BR packet (7),
 .BR socket (7),
 .BR tcp (7),
 .BR udp (7),
diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 11bca48..667568a 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -319,14 +319,18 @@ original fanout algorithm selects a backlogged socket, the packet
 rolls over to the next available one.
 .TP
 .BR PACKET_LOSS " (with " PACKET_TX_RING )
-When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is to
-set its status to
+When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
+to reset its
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
 and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
 lingering on the ring).
 However, if
 .BR PACKET_LOSS
-is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its status reset to
+is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its
+.I tp_status
+reset to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE ,
 and the transmission process continued.
 .TP
@@ -360,15 +364,21 @@ Packet socket and application communicate the head and tail of the ring
 through the
 .I tp_status
 field.
-The packet socket owns all slots with status
+The packet socket owns all slots with
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
 After filling a slot, it changes the status of the slot to transfer
 ownership to the application.
-During normal operation, the new status has the
+During normal operation, the new
+.I tp_status
+value has at least the
 .BR TP_STATUS_USER
 bit set to signal that a received packet has been stored.
 When the application has finished processing a packet, it transfers
-ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting the status to
+ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
 Packet sockets implement multiple variants of the packet ring.
 The implementation details are described in
@@ -407,9 +417,13 @@ Create a memory-mapped ring buffer for packet transmission.
 This option is similar to
 .BR PACKET_RX_RING
 and takes the same arguments.
-The application writes packets into slots with status
+The application writes packets into slots with
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE
-and schedules them for transmission by changing the status to
+and schedules them for transmission by changing
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST .
 When packets are ready to be transmitted, the application calls
 .BR send (2)
@@ -424,7 +438,9 @@ If an address is passed using
 or
 .BR sendmsg (2),
 then that overrides the socket default.
-On successful transmission, the socket resets the slot to
+On successful transmission, the socket resets
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE .
 It immediately aborts the transmission on error unless
 .BR PACKET_LOSS
@@ -633,6 +649,11 @@ The
 .I <linux/if_ether.h>
 include file for physical layer protocols.
 
-The example source file
+The Linux kernel source tree.
+.IR /Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+describes how to apply Berkeley Packet Filters to packet sockets.
 .IR /tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_tpacket.c
-in the Linux kernel source tree.
+contains example source code for all available versions of
+.BR PACKET_RX_RING
+and
+.BR PACKET_TX_RING .

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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Carsten Andrich <carsten.andrich-hs6bpBdVsEZfm0AUMx9V0g@public.gmane.org>
 * 
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 * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
 * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
 * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 * THE SOFTWARE.
 */ 

#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <err.h>
#include <linux/if_ether.h>
#include <linux/if_packet.h>
#include <net/if.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <sys/mman.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#define ERR_DEFAULT 1
#define FRAME_SIZE  2048
#define FRAME_COUNT 16
#define RING_SIZE (FRAME_COUNT * FRAME_SIZE)
#define IFNAME "p2p1"

#define FRAME_DATA "\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\xFF\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xDE\xAD"

union frame {
	struct tpacket2_hdr tphdr;
    uint8_t _reserved[FRAME_SIZE];
};

static int sockfd;

static void *init_socket(void)
{
	if ((sockfd = socket(AF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, 0)) == -1)
		err(ERR_DEFAULT, "socket() error");

	static struct sockaddr_ll bindaddr;
	bindaddr.sll_family   = AF_PACKET;
	bindaddr.sll_protocol = 0;
	bindaddr.sll_ifindex  = if_nametoindex(IFNAME);
	if (bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &bindaddr, (socklen_t) sizeof(bindaddr)) == -1)
		err(ERR_DEFAULT, "bind() error");
	
	static const int version = TPACKET_V2;
	if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_VERSION, &version, sizeof(version)) == -1)
		err(ERR_DEFAULT, "setsockopt() error");
	
	static const struct tpacket_req ringbuf_alloc = {
		.tp_block_size = RING_SIZE,
		.tp_frame_size = FRAME_SIZE,
		.tp_block_nr   = 1,
		.tp_frame_nr   = FRAME_COUNT
	};
	if (setsockopt(sockfd, SOL_PACKET, PACKET_TX_RING, (void *) &ringbuf_alloc, sizeof(ringbuf_alloc)) == -1)
		err(ERR_DEFAULT, "setsockopt() error");
    
	void *addr;
	if ((addr = mmap(NULL, RING_SIZE, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, sockfd, 0)) == MAP_FAILED)
		err(ERR_DEFAULT, "mmap() error");
	
	return addr;
}

static union frame *frame_first, *frame_cur;

static char *status2name(uint32_t status)
{
	switch (status) {
	case TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE:
		return "AVAILABLE";
	case TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST:
		return "SEND_REQUEST";
	case TP_STATUS_SENDING:
		return "SENDING";
	case TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT:
		return "WRONG_FORMAT";
	default:
		return "UNKNOWN";
	}
}

static void dump_frames(void)
{
	for (int i = 0; i < FRAME_COUNT; i += 8) {
		printf("%2d: %-16s %-16s %-16s %-16s\n", i,
			status2name((frame_first + i + 0)->tphdr.tp_status),
			status2name((frame_first + i + 1)->tphdr.tp_status),
			status2name((frame_first + i + 2)->tphdr.tp_status),
			status2name((frame_first + i + 3)->tphdr.tp_status)
		);
	}
	
	printf("\n");
}

static void enqueue_frame(void *data, size_t size)
{
	uint8_t *frame_payload = (uint8_t *) &frame_cur->tphdr + TPACKET2_HDRLEN - sizeof(struct sockaddr_ll);
	memcpy(frame_payload, data, size);
	
	frame_cur->tphdr.tp_len = size;
	frame_cur->tphdr.tp_status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
	
	if (frame_cur++ == frame_first + FRAME_COUNT)
		frame_cur = frame_first;
}

int main()
{
	frame_first = frame_cur = init_socket();
	
	uint8_t data[64];
	memset(data, 0, sizeof(data));
	memcpy(data, FRAME_DATA, sizeof(FRAME_DATA));
	
	// enqueue a few frames with different data
	data[59] = '0';
	enqueue_frame(data, 60);
	data[59] = '1';
	enqueue_frame(data, 60);
	data[59] = '2';
	enqueue_frame(data, 60);
	data[59] = '3';
	enqueue_frame(data, 60);
	data[59] = '4';
	enqueue_frame(data, 60);
	
	// corrupt frame #2 to trigger kernel TX error
	(frame_first + 2)->tphdr.tp_len = -1;
	
	dump_frames();
	sleep(1);
	
	// sendto() fails due to malformed frame #2
	if (sendto(sockfd, NULL, 0, MSG_DONTWAIT, NULL, 0) == -1)
		warn("sendto() error");
	
	// sendto() succeeds (but does nothing), since kernel aborted at frame #2
	// and its tp_status != TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST
	if (sendto(sockfd, NULL, 0, MSG_DONTWAIT, NULL, 0) == -1)
		warn("sendto() error");
	
	dump_frames();
	sleep(1);
	
	// repair frame #2 (its behind(!) frame_cur: frame_first+2 == frame_cur-3)
	(frame_first + 2)->tphdr.tp_len = 60;
	(frame_first + 2)->tphdr.tp_status = TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST;
	
	// sendto() succeeds and sends remaing frames
	if (sendto(sockfd, NULL, 0, MSG_DONTWAIT, NULL, 0) == -1)
		warn("sendto() error");
	
	dump_frames();
	
	close(sockfd);
	
	return 0;
}

Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Neil Horman]

On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:42:40AM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 25.04.2014, 07:02 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:14:17PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> > [...]
> > > +When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
> > > +to reset its
> > > +.I tp_status
> > > +to
> > > +.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
> > > +and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
> > > +lingering on the ring).
> > 
> > I'm not sure this is 100% clear.  Any of these error status flags leave the
> > packet in memory on the ring.  WRONG_FORMAT, doesn't do anything special here.
> 
> The RX-related flags simply denote additional information, which are not
> essential for RX ring operation, i.e. it won't hurt you if you ignore
> them.
> 
> TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT is different. It's only set if the transmission
> process is aborted by the kernel. If this occurs the sendto()-call will
> return EINVAL. In this case you have to walk the ring backwards from the
> current userspace frame pointer, look for a frame with tp_status ==
> TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT, fix it and set its tp_status =
> TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST. I assume PACKET_LOSS was introduced to obviate
> the need to do this.
> 
> This should qualify TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT as special. This behaviour
> probably deserves a little more detail in the man-page, but I'll defer
> that until the general overhaul takes place.
> 
> I've hacked up a demonstration and attached it.
> Sorry, I'm a freedom-fighter against the 80-character-oppression :)
> 
> I also updated my patch for merge-less application to current
> git-master:
> 
I'm fine with the example, its the specific reference to the statement "it and
following packets are left lingering on the ring".  Thats not special in
relation to WRONG_FORMAT.  Even if a packet transmits successfully and gets its
status set back to AVAILABLE, the data of the packet is still in the ring and
can be recovered by user space.  Thats all I'm getting at.
Neil


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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Carsten Andrich]

Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 09:34 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:42:40AM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> > Am Freitag, den 25.04.2014, 07:02 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:14:17PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> > > [...]
> > > > +When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
> > > > +to reset its
> > > > +.I tp_status
> > > > +to
> > > > +.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
> > > > +and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
> > > > +lingering on the ring).
> > > 
> > > I'm not sure this is 100% clear.  Any of these error status flags leave the
> > > packet in memory on the ring.  WRONG_FORMAT, doesn't do anything special here.
> > 
> > The RX-related flags simply denote additional information, which are not
> > essential for RX ring operation, i.e. it won't hurt you if you ignore
> > them.
> > 
> > TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT is different. It's only set if the transmission
> > process is aborted by the kernel. If this occurs the sendto()-call will
> > return EINVAL. In this case you have to walk the ring backwards from the
> > current userspace frame pointer, look for a frame with tp_status ==
> > TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT, fix it and set its tp_status =
> > TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST. I assume PACKET_LOSS was introduced to obviate
> > the need to do this.
> > 
> > This should qualify TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT as special. This behaviour
> > probably deserves a little more detail in the man-page, but I'll defer
> > that until the general overhaul takes place.
> > 
> > I've hacked up a demonstration and attached it.
> > Sorry, I'm a freedom-fighter against the 80-character-oppression :)
> > 
> > I also updated my patch for merge-less application to current
> > git-master:
> > 
> I'm fine with the example, its the specific reference to the statement "it and
> following packets are left lingering on the ring".  Thats not special in
> relation to WRONG_FORMAT.  Even if a packet transmits successfully and gets its
> status set back to AVAILABLE, the data of the packet is still in the ring and
> can be recovered by user space.  Thats all I'm getting at.
> Neil

I put the lingering-thingy into the TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT description
to emphasize, that packets that have actually been scheduled for
transmission are still waiting for user-space to clean up its self-made
mess and retrigger the transmission.
Of course packets don't just vanish from the ring, I just though that
this very case deserves to have this explicitly mentioned. Facts like
these may not be entirely self-evident to the occasional PACKET_MMAP
user and/or man-page reader.

But lets cut this short ;)

Do you have any concrete suggestions on how to improve the phrasing?

Cheers,
Carsten

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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Neil Horman]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 05:23:52PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 09:34 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> > On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:42:40AM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> > > Am Freitag, den 25.04.2014, 07:02 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 06:14:17PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> > > > [...]
> > > > > +When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
> > > > > +to reset its
> > > > > +.I tp_status
> > > > > +to
> > > > > +.BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
> > > > > +and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
> > > > > +lingering on the ring).
> > > > 
> > > > I'm not sure this is 100% clear.  Any of these error status flags leave the
> > > > packet in memory on the ring.  WRONG_FORMAT, doesn't do anything special here.
> > > 
> > > The RX-related flags simply denote additional information, which are not
> > > essential for RX ring operation, i.e. it won't hurt you if you ignore
> > > them.
> > > 
> > > TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT is different. It's only set if the transmission
> > > process is aborted by the kernel. If this occurs the sendto()-call will
> > > return EINVAL. In this case you have to walk the ring backwards from the
> > > current userspace frame pointer, look for a frame with tp_status ==
> > > TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT, fix it and set its tp_status =
> > > TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST. I assume PACKET_LOSS was introduced to obviate
> > > the need to do this.
> > > 
> > > This should qualify TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT as special. This behaviour
> > > probably deserves a little more detail in the man-page, but I'll defer
> > > that until the general overhaul takes place.
> > > 
> > > I've hacked up a demonstration and attached it.
> > > Sorry, I'm a freedom-fighter against the 80-character-oppression :)
> > > 
> > > I also updated my patch for merge-less application to current
> > > git-master:
> > > 
> > I'm fine with the example, its the specific reference to the statement "it and
> > following packets are left lingering on the ring".  Thats not special in
> > relation to WRONG_FORMAT.  Even if a packet transmits successfully and gets its
> > status set back to AVAILABLE, the data of the packet is still in the ring and
> > can be recovered by user space.  Thats all I'm getting at.
> > Neil
> 
> I put the lingering-thingy into the TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT description
> to emphasize, that packets that have actually been scheduled for
> transmission are still waiting for user-space to clean up its self-made
> mess and retrigger the transmission.
> Of course packets don't just vanish from the ring, I just though that
> this very case deserves to have this explicitly mentioned. Facts like
> these may not be entirely self-evident to the occasional PACKET_MMAP
> user and/or man-page reader.
> 
> But lets cut this short ;)
> 
> Do you have any concrete suggestions on how to improve the phrasing?
> 
Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
action is required from the application.  Perhaps:

Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.

Neil

> Cheers,
> Carsten
> 
> 
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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Carsten Andrich]

Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 13:28 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
> action is required from the application.  Perhaps:
> 
> Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
> packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
> AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
> next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.

Thanks for the suggestion! I incorporated it into the following updated
PACKET_LOSS description:
When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default
is to reset its tp_status to TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT and abort the
transmission immediately.  The malformed  packet  blocks  itself  and
subsequent enqueued  packets from being sent.  The format error must be
fixed, the associated tp_status reset to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST and the
transmission process restarted via send(2).  However, if PACKET_LOSS is
set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its tp_status reset to
TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, and the transmission process continued.

IMHO this should go into the PACKET_TX_RING description, but I'd like to
defer that until I have a little more spare time on my hands, so I can
tackle the entire PACKET_MMAP-related part of the man-page in a single
effort.

Updated patch follows.

Cheers,
Carsten


diff --git a/man2/getsockopt.2 b/man2/getsockopt.2
index 925fa90..1287efc 100644
--- a/man2/getsockopt.2
+++ b/man2/getsockopt.2
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 .\" Modified 1999 by Andi Kleen <ak-h9bWGtP8wOw@public.gmane.org>.
 .\"     Removed most stuff because it is in socket.7 now.
 .\"
-.TH GETSOCKOPT 2 2014-01-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH GETSOCKOPT 2 2014-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 getsockopt, setsockopt \- get and set options on sockets
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ system.
 .BR getprotoent (3),
 .BR protocols (5),
 .BR ip (7),
+.BR packet (7),
 .BR socket (7),
 .BR tcp (7),
 .BR udp (7),
diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 11bca48..fc5fdaf 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $Id: packet.7,v 1.13 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $
 .\"
-.TH PACKET  7 2014-04-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
+.TH PACKET  7 2014-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
 .SH NAME
 packet \- packet interface on device level
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -319,14 +319,25 @@ original fanout algorithm selects a backlogged socket, the packet
 rolls over to the next available one.
 .TP
 .BR PACKET_LOSS " (with " PACKET_TX_RING )
-When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is to
-set its status to
+When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
+to reset its
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
-and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
-lingering on the ring).
+and abort the transmission immediately.
+The malformed packet blocks itself and subsequent enqueued packets from
+being sent.
+The format error must be fixed, the associated
+.I tp_status
+reset to
+.BR TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST
+and the transmission process restarted via
+.BR send (2) .
 However, if
 .BR PACKET_LOSS
-is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its status reset to
+is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its
+.I tp_status
+reset to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE ,
 and the transmission process continued.
 .TP
@@ -360,15 +371,21 @@ Packet socket and application communicate the head and tail of the ring
 through the
 .I tp_status
 field.
-The packet socket owns all slots with status
+The packet socket owns all slots with
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
 After filling a slot, it changes the status of the slot to transfer
 ownership to the application.
-During normal operation, the new status has the
+During normal operation, the new
+.I tp_status
+value has at least the
 .BR TP_STATUS_USER
 bit set to signal that a received packet has been stored.
 When the application has finished processing a packet, it transfers
-ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting the status to
+ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
 Packet sockets implement multiple variants of the packet ring.
 The implementation details are described in
@@ -407,9 +424,13 @@ Create a memory-mapped ring buffer for packet transmission.
 This option is similar to
 .BR PACKET_RX_RING
 and takes the same arguments.
-The application writes packets into slots with status
+The application writes packets into slots with
+.I tp_status
+equal to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE
-and schedules them for transmission by changing the status to
+and schedules them for transmission by changing
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST .
 When packets are ready to be transmitted, the application calls
 .BR send (2)
@@ -424,7 +445,9 @@ If an address is passed using
 or
 .BR sendmsg (2),
 then that overrides the socket default.
-On successful transmission, the socket resets the slot to
+On successful transmission, the socket resets
+.I tp_status
+to
 .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE .
 It immediately aborts the transmission on error unless
 .BR PACKET_LOSS
@@ -633,6 +656,11 @@ The
 .I <linux/if_ether.h>
 include file for physical layer protocols.
 
-The example source file
+The Linux kernel source tree.
+.IR /Documentation/networking/filter.txt
+describes how to apply Berkeley Packet Filters to packet sockets.
 .IR /tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_tpacket.c
-in the Linux kernel source tree.
+contains example source code for all available versions of
+.BR PACKET_RX_RING
+and
+.BR PACKET_TX_RING .

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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Neil Horman]

On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 08:12:30PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 13:28 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> > Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
> > action is required from the application.  Perhaps:
> > 
> > Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
> > packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
> > AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
> > next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion! I incorporated it into the following updated
> PACKET_LOSS description:
> When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default
> is to reset its tp_status to TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT and abort the
> transmission immediately.  The malformed  packet  blocks  itself  and
> subsequent enqueued  packets from being sent.  The format error must be
> fixed, the associated tp_status reset to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST and the
> transmission process restarted via send(2).  However, if PACKET_LOSS is
> set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its tp_status reset to
> TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, and the transmission process continued.
> 
> IMHO this should go into the PACKET_TX_RING description, but I'd like to
> defer that until I have a little more spare time on my hands, so I can
> tackle the entire PACKET_MMAP-related part of the man-page in a single
> effort.
> 
> Updated patch follows.
> 
> Cheers,
> Carsten
> 

Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
Thanks!
Neil

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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hi Carsten,

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 08:12:30PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
>> Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 13:28 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
>> > Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
>> > action is required from the application.  Perhaps:
>> >
>> > Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
>> > packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
>> > AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
>> > next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion! I incorporated it into the following updated
>> PACKET_LOSS description:
>> When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default
>> is to reset its tp_status to TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT and abort the
>> transmission immediately.  The malformed  packet  blocks  itself  and
>> subsequent enqueued  packets from being sent.  The format error must be
>> fixed, the associated tp_status reset to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST and the
>> transmission process restarted via send(2).  However, if PACKET_LOSS is
>> set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its tp_status reset to
>> TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, and the transmission process continued.
>>
>> IMHO this should go into the PACKET_TX_RING description, but I'd like to
>> defer that until I have a little more spare time on my hands, so I can
>> tackle the entire PACKET_MMAP-related part of the man-page in a single
>> effort.
>>
>> Updated patch follows.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Carsten
>>
>
> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>

So, with Neil's Ack, is this patch ready to apply now?

Cheers,

Michael


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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On 04/28/2014 08:12 PM, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 13:28 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
>> Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
>> action is required from the application.  Perhaps:
>>
>> Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
>> packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
>> AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
>> next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion! I incorporated it into the following updated
> PACKET_LOSS description:
> When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default
> is to reset its tp_status to TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT and abort the
> transmission immediately.  The malformed  packet  blocks  itself  and
> subsequent enqueued  packets from being sent.  The format error must be
> fixed, the associated tp_status reset to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST and the
> transmission process restarted via send(2).  However, if PACKET_LOSS is
> set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its tp_status reset to
> TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, and the transmission process continued.
> 
> IMHO this should go into the PACKET_TX_RING description, but I'd like to
> defer that until I have a little more spare time on my hands, so I can
> tackle the entire PACKET_MMAP-related part of the man-page in a single
> effort.

Carsten, 

Patch applied, with Neil's Ack.

I added a Signed-off-by: line for you, okay?

Thanks for the patch!

Cheers,

Michael



> diff --git a/man2/getsockopt.2 b/man2/getsockopt.2
> index 925fa90..1287efc 100644
> --- a/man2/getsockopt.2
> +++ b/man2/getsockopt.2
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
>  .\" Modified 1999 by Andi Kleen <ak-h9bWGtP8wOw@public.gmane.org>.
>  .\"     Removed most stuff because it is in socket.7 now.
>  .\"
> -.TH GETSOCKOPT 2 2014-01-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
> +.TH GETSOCKOPT 2 2014-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
>  .SH NAME
>  getsockopt, setsockopt \- get and set options on sockets
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ system.
>  .BR getprotoent (3),
>  .BR protocols (5),
>  .BR ip (7),
> +.BR packet (7),
>  .BR socket (7),
>  .BR tcp (7),
>  .BR udp (7),
> diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
> index 11bca48..fc5fdaf 100644
> --- a/man7/packet.7
> +++ b/man7/packet.7
> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
>  .\"
>  .\" $Id: packet.7,v 1.13 2000/08/14 08:03:45 ak Exp $
>  .\"
> -.TH PACKET  7 2014-04-24 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
> +.TH PACKET  7 2014-04-28 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
>  .SH NAME
>  packet \- packet interface on device level
>  .SH SYNOPSIS
> @@ -319,14 +319,25 @@ original fanout algorithm selects a backlogged socket, the packet
>  rolls over to the next available one.
>  .TP
>  .BR PACKET_LOSS " (with " PACKET_TX_RING )
> -When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is to
> -set its status to
> +When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default is
> +to reset its
> +.I tp_status
> +to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT
> -and abort the transmission immediately (it and following packets are left
> -lingering on the ring).
> +and abort the transmission immediately.
> +The malformed packet blocks itself and subsequent enqueued packets from
> +being sent.
> +The format error must be fixed, the associated
> +.I tp_status
> +reset to
> +.BR TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST
> +and the transmission process restarted via
> +.BR send (2) .
>  However, if
>  .BR PACKET_LOSS
> -is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its status reset to
> +is set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its
> +.I tp_status
> +reset to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE ,
>  and the transmission process continued.
>  .TP
> @@ -360,15 +371,21 @@ Packet socket and application communicate the head and tail of the ring
>  through the
>  .I tp_status
>  field.
> -The packet socket owns all slots with status
> +The packet socket owns all slots with
> +.I tp_status
> +equal to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
>  After filling a slot, it changes the status of the slot to transfer
>  ownership to the application.
> -During normal operation, the new status has the
> +During normal operation, the new
> +.I tp_status
> +value has at least the
>  .BR TP_STATUS_USER
>  bit set to signal that a received packet has been stored.
>  When the application has finished processing a packet, it transfers
> -ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting the status to
> +ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting
> +.I tp_status
> +equal to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
>  Packet sockets implement multiple variants of the packet ring.
>  The implementation details are described in
> @@ -407,9 +424,13 @@ Create a memory-mapped ring buffer for packet transmission.
>  This option is similar to
>  .BR PACKET_RX_RING
>  and takes the same arguments.
> -The application writes packets into slots with status
> +The application writes packets into slots with
> +.I tp_status
> +equal to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE
> -and schedules them for transmission by changing the status to
> +and schedules them for transmission by changing
> +.I tp_status
> +to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST .
>  When packets are ready to be transmitted, the application calls
>  .BR send (2)
> @@ -424,7 +445,9 @@ If an address is passed using
>  or
>  .BR sendmsg (2),
>  then that overrides the socket default.
> -On successful transmission, the socket resets the slot to
> +On successful transmission, the socket resets
> +.I tp_status
> +to
>  .BR TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE .
>  It immediately aborts the transmission on error unless
>  .BR PACKET_LOSS
> @@ -633,6 +656,11 @@ The
>  .I <linux/if_ether.h>
>  include file for physical layer protocols.
>  
> -The example source file
> +The Linux kernel source tree.
> +.IR /Documentation/networking/filter.txt
> +describes how to apply Berkeley Packet Filters to packet sockets.
>  .IR /tools/testing/selftests/net/psock_tpacket.c
> -in the Linux kernel source tree.
> +contains example source code for all available versions of
> +.BR PACKET_RX_RING
> +and
> +.BR PACKET_TX_RING .
> 
> 


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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Carsten Andrich]

"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" schrieb:
> Carsten, 
> 
> Patch applied, with Neil's Ack.
> 
> I added a Signed-off-by: line for you, okay?
Sure. I'll try to remember that in the future. I'm just a a little new
to this :)
I just assume the following applies:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches#n320

> Thanks for the patch!
You're welcome.

Cheers,
Carsten
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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Carsten Andrich
<carsten.andrich-hs6bpBdVsEZfm0AUMx9V0g@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" schrieb:
>> Carsten,
>>
>> Patch applied, with Neil's Ack.
>>
>> I added a Signed-off-by: line for you, okay?
> Sure. I'll try to remember that in the future. I'm just a a little new
> to this :)
> I just assume the following applies:
> https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/Documentation/SubmittingPatches#n320

Yep, that's it.

Cheers,

Michael


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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Carsten Andrich]

As far as I'm concerned, it is.
Thanks, Neil.

Cheers,
Carsten

"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> schrieb:

>Hi Carsten,
>
>On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 08:12:30PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
>>> Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 13:28 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
>>> > Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
>>> > action is required from the application.  Perhaps:
>>> >
>>> > Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
>>> > packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
>>> > AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
>>> > next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.
>>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion! I incorporated it into the following updated
>>> PACKET_LOSS description:
>>> When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default
>>> is to reset its tp_status to TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT and abort the
>>> transmission immediately.  The malformed  packet  blocks  itself  and
>>> subsequent enqueued  packets from being sent.  The format error must be
>>> fixed, the associated tp_status reset to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST and the
>>> transmission process restarted via send(2).  However, if PACKET_LOSS is
>>> set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its tp_status reset to
>>> TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, and the transmission process continued.
>>>
>>> IMHO this should go into the PACKET_TX_RING description, but I'd like to
>>> defer that until I have a little more spare time on my hands, so I can
>>> tackle the entire PACKET_MMAP-related part of the man-page in a single
>>> effort.
>>>
>>> Updated patch follows.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Carsten
>>>
>>
>> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@tuxdriver.com>
>
>So, with Neil's Ack, is this patch ready to apply now?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Michael
>
>
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Re: [patch] getsockopt.2, packet.7: improve sockopt documentation for packet sockets

[Neil Horman]

On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 01:22:24PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned, it is.
> Thanks, Neil.
> 
No problem.
Neil

> Cheers,
> Carsten
> 
> "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> schrieb:
> 
> >Hi Carsten,
> >
> >On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org> wrote:
> >> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 08:12:30PM +0200, Carsten Andrich wrote:
> >>> Am Montag, den 28.04.2014, 13:28 -0400 schrieb Neil Horman:
> >>> > Rather than 'lingernig' perhaps more exact language to indicate that positive
> >>> > action is required from the application.  Perhaps:
> >>> >
> >>> > Packets in the WRONG_FORMAT state block the kernel from sending it and subsequent
> >>> > packets on the ring.  Packet in the WRONG_FORMAT state must be moved to the
> >>> > AVAILABLE or SEND_REQUEST state (after correcting format errors), so that the
> >>> > next application call to send() properly transmits the frame.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for the suggestion! I incorporated it into the following updated
> >>> PACKET_LOSS description:
> >>> When a malformed packet is encountered on a transmit ring, the default
> >>> is to reset its tp_status to TP_STATUS_WRONG_FORMAT and abort the
> >>> transmission immediately.  The malformed  packet  blocks  itself  and
> >>> subsequent enqueued  packets from being sent.  The format error must be
> >>> fixed, the associated tp_status reset to TP_STATUS_SEND_REQUEST and the
> >>> transmission process restarted via send(2).  However, if PACKET_LOSS is
> >>> set, any malformed packet will be skipped, its tp_status reset to
> >>> TP_STATUS_AVAILABLE, and the transmission process continued.
> >>>
> >>> IMHO this should go into the PACKET_TX_RING description, but I'd like to
> >>> defer that until I have a little more spare time on my hands, so I can
> >>> tackle the entire PACKET_MMAP-related part of the man-page in a single
> >>> effort.
> >>>
> >>> Updated patch follows.
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Carsten
> >>>
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Neil Horman <nhorman-2XuSBdqkA4R54TAoqtyWWQ@public.gmane.org>
> >
> >So, with Neil's Ack, is this patch ready to apply now?
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Michael
> >
> >
> >-- 
> >Michael Kerrisk
> >Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
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