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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:26:04 -0700 (PDT) From: David Miller <davem@...emloft.net> To: vladislav.yasevich@...com Cc: netdev@...r.kernel.org, dlstevens@...ibm.com Subject: Re: [PATCH] UDP: Make use of inet_iif() when doing socket lookups. From: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:40:58 -0400 > UDP currently uses skb->dev->ifindex which may provide the wrong > information when the socket bound to a specific interface. > This patch makes inet_iif() accessible to UDP and makes UDP use it. > > The scenario we are trying to fix is when a client is running on > the same system and the server and both client and server bind to > a non-loopback device. > > Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com> David, could you take a quick look at this one? I have a hunch that this will have side-effects for multicast applications and I'd feel better if you went over this patch with that in mind. Thanks! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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