From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754449AbZEDKA6 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 06:00:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753043AbZEDKAp (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 06:00:45 -0400 Received: from gw1.cosmosbay.com ([212.99.114.194]:43528 "EHLO gw1.cosmosbay.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753513AbZEDKAn convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 06:00:43 -0400 Message-ID: <49FEBBC9.9000708@cosmosbay.com> Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 11:56:25 +0200 From: Eric Dumazet User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andi Kleen CC: Avi Kivity , Elad Lahav , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] Implementation of the sendgroup() system call References: <49FE47A1.7070700@uwaterloo.ca> <87eiv5ibnd.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> <49FE9999.7090103@redhat.com> <20090504095300.GF23223@one.firstfloor.org> In-Reply-To: <20090504095300.GF23223@one.firstfloor.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.6 (gw1.cosmosbay.com [0.0.0.0]); Mon, 04 May 2009 11:56:25 +0200 (CEST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andi Kleen a écrit : >>> Or perhaps simple send to a local multicast group and let >>> some netfilter module turn that into regular UDP. >>> >> Sounds hacky and rooty. > > rooty? Everyone can send to all directions anyways. > > It wouldn't be perfect, but quite usable as a short term solution > for a production server. Anyway, a netfilter module doesnt fit the needs (separate header/footer for each destination)