From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: shemminger@linux-foundation.org
Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, bridge@linux-foundation.org,
netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] bridge: avoid ptype_all packet handling
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:30:34 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070228.233034.74746721.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <45E6802C.2090708@linux-foundation.org>
From: Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@linux-foundation.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:26:36 -0800
> sounds like a socket option would help, the data is already there. Then
> the normal
> UDP receive path would work.
That would be perfect for new applications.
But we have to support all the old ones, so we're stuck
providing correctly functioning AF_PACKET handling on
all devices, sorry.
And in fact that effectively makes the new socket option
pointless, since it doesn't buy us anything since we have
to support the old stuff fully anyways.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-03-01 7:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2007-03-01 1:18 [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
2007-03-01 7:30 ` David Miller [this message]
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 ` [RFC 1/2] " Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 22:14 ` [RFC 2/2] bridge: per device promiscious taps Stephen Hemminger
2007-03-02 22:48 ` [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 ` [PATCH] " Stefan Rompf
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