netdev - Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: implement a SO

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Date:	Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:04:14 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	jengelh@...ozas.de
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] net: implement a SO_DOMAIN getsockoption

From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>
Date: Tue,  4 Aug 2009 19:28:29 +0200

> This sockopt goes in line with SO_TYPE and SO_PROTOCOL. It makes it
> possible for userspace programs to pass around file descriptors — I
> am referring to arguments-to-functions, but it may even work for the
> fd passing over UNIX sockets — without needing to also pass the
> auxiliary information (PF_INET6/IPPROTO_TCP).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ozas.de>

Also applied to net-next-2.6

Thanks