From: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
To: Viral Mehta <viral.vkm@gmail.com>
Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] interface for outgoing packet
Date: Thu, 08 Sep 2011 08:09:05 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1315462145.2532.10.camel@edumazet-laptop> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CANX6DanC8DJsAZj4dV3oZo3DnLV6AyxBDm82vHaJm3C51aRqEg@mail.gmail.com>
Le mercredi 07 septembre 2011 à 20:24 -0400, Viral Mehta a écrit :
> Hi All,
>
> How reasonably I can assume that,
>
> on whatever interface, I received the last packet
> for a particular Socket Connection, the same interface will be
> used to SEND the next packet for same socket connection?
>
No
> I am collecting the logs on one of my test machines.
> And it shows, I can assume all the time that "interface" which received packet
> for some socket connection, the same will be used to send packet for
> that connection
>
> But, I am not sure if I am missing some scenarios
> or setup (for e.g., bonding) where it can be wrong ?
>
> It would be more help if some one can shed some light.
By default, a socket is not bound to one interface, so you cant assume
this.
Check SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option if you need it.
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2011-09-08 0:24 [RFC] interface for outgoing packet Viral Mehta
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