From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Miller Subject: Re: PF_RING: Include in main line kernel? Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:22:21 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20091015.002221.141243865.davem@davemloft.net> References: <4AD64251.50903@candelatech.com> <20091014.144923.112167161.davem@davemloft.net> <20091015070234.GA29506@ioremap.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: greearb@candelatech.com, deri@ntop.org, shemminger@vyatta.com, brad.doctor@gmail.com, netdev@vger.kernel.org To: zbr@ioremap.net Return-path: Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:44661 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751897AbZJOHWZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:22:25 -0400 In-Reply-To: <20091015070234.GA29506@ioremap.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: From: Evgeniy Polyakov Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 11:02:34 +0400 > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 02:49:23PM -0700, David Miller (davem@davemloft.net) wrote: >> Instead I'd rather have a GPL exported function that allows indication >> of consumption somehow. That's why we have a special hook for >> bonding, so it cannot be abused in proprietary modules. > > I believe bonding with its hook is a historical heritage and priority > absence in packet hooks which do not currently allow something to be > registered very first and steal packets from the stack. It is in same category as ingress packet scheduler hook.