netdev - Re: libmnl limitation...

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Message-ID: <4D6194C2.5020202@netfilter.org>
Date:	Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:25:06 +0100
From:	Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@...filter.org>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
CC:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: libmnl limitation...

On 20/02/11 22:41, David Miller wrote:
> 
> Unfortunately, libmnl only allows setting socket options
> that are of SOL_NETLINK.
> 
> This precludes setting socket options such as SO_ATTACH_FILTER
> which need to be of level SOL_SOCKET.
> 
> It seems to be a mistake to have hard-coded the socket level
> instead of simply letting the user specify it :-/

Indeed, I'm going to obsolete the current function and provide a new
one. Sorry.
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