Re: [PATCH man-page] packet.7: document PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS

[Daniel Borkmann <dborkman-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>]

On 01/08/2014 12:34 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 4:31 AM, Daniel Borkmann <dborkman-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>> Add a comment about PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS' socket option to the kernel.
>
> Daniel, could you ping me again when this goes into the mainline kernel?

Ping. ;)

> Cheers,
>
> Michael
>
>
>> Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
>> ---
>>   Michael, this patch is on top of Willem's resend for packet.7:
>>   http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg04576.html
>>
>>   Kernel part of this man page update:
>>   https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=d346a3fae3ff1d99f5d0c819bf86edf9094a26a1
>>
>>   Thanks!
>>
>>   man7/packet.7 | 5 +++++
>>   1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
>> index e0993d2..100f876 100644
>> --- a/man7/packet.7
>> +++ b/man7/packet.7
>> @@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ creates a packet receive ring of variant
>>   .BR TPACKET_V1 .
>>   To create another variant, configure the desired variant by setting this
>>   integer option before creating the ring.
>> +.TP
>> +.BR PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS " (since Linux 3.14)"
>> +By default, packets sent through packet sockets pass through the kernel's
>> +qdisc (traffic control) layer. This can be bypassed by setting this integer
>> +option to one for usage scenarios similar to pktgen.
>>
>>   .SS Ioctls
>>   .B SIOCGSTAMP
>> --
>> 1.8.3.1
>>
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