netdev - Re: [PATCHv2] Socket filter ancilliary data access for skb->dev->type

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Message-Id: <20100422.160605.83866642.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:06:05 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	leonerd@...nerd.org.uk
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2] Socket filter ancilliary data access for
 skb->dev->type

From: Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@...nerd.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:32:22 +0100

> Add an SKF_AD_HATYPE field to the packet ancilliary data area, giving
> access to skb->dev->type, as reported in the sll_hatype field.
> 
> When capturing packets on a PF_PACKET/SOCK_RAW socket bound to all
> interfaces, there doesn't appear to be a way for the filter program to
> actually find out the underlying hardware type the packet was captured
> on. This patch adds such ability.
> 
> This patch also handles the case where skb->dev can be NULL, such as on
> netlink sockets.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Paul Evans <leonerd@...nerd.org.uk>

Looks good, applied to net-next-2.6, thanks!
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