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Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] sock_diag: notify packet socket
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=46rom: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:14:50 +0200

> Le 20/05/2013 08:29, David Miller a =E9crit :
>> From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
>> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:38 +0200
>>
>>> With this patch, a netlink message is sent each time a packet socke=
t
>>> is created or deleted.  The framework is generic, so it's easy to
>>> add the notification for other kind of sockets.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@6wind.com>
>>
>> Just curious what you want to use this for.
> Some HW (custom FPGA, ASICs, NPUs) are able to offload packet
> captures, so it is required to notify them.

I don't even want to hear about this until you have patches ready
to submit to fully support such a facility.

I'm not applying this patch, sorry.