netdev - Re: [PATCH] [AF_PACKET]: Allow multicast traffic to be caught by ORIGDEV when bonded

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Message-Id: <20071107.022116.16986000.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:21:16 -0800 (PST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] [AF_PACKET]: Allow multicast traffic to be caught by
 ORIGDEV when bonded

From: PJ Waskiewicz <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>
Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:25:47 -0800

> The socket option for packet sockets to return the original ifindex instead
> of the bonded ifindex will not match multicast traffic.  Since this socket
> option is the most useful for layer 2 traffic and multicast traffic, make
> the option multicast-aware.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Peter P Waskiewicz Jr <peter.p.waskiewicz.jr@...el.com>

I agree with you in principle, but I'd like to hear some feedback
from other folks.  In particular I'd like a discussion about
what this might break, if anything.
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