netdev - RE: [PATCH] Phonet: set the pipe handle using setsockopt

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Date:	Wed, 16 Nov 2011 09:46:07 +0100
From:	Hemant-vilas RAMDASI <hemant.ramdasi@...ricsson.com>
To:	Rémi Denis-Courmont 
	<remi.denis-courmont@...ia.com>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] Phonet: set the pipe handle using setsockopt

Remi,

> > > > +#define SIOPNPIPE_ENABLE	_IO(SIOCPNGAUTOCONF,   1)
> > >
> > > Does this even work? I am not an expert on this, but I would think
> that
> > > device-private controls are routed to the network device, not the
> > > socket. In
> > > any case, it does not seem right.
> >
> > Yes, it works. The ioctl is routed to per-socket functions.
> 
> Even if it works, sockets are probably not supposed to use the device-
> private
> ioctl() range, are they?
> 
> And why is this inside __KERNEL__ ?
Ok..We move it.

> > > Do you still need this read-only option?
> >
> > Yes.
> 
> Why and how?
This is needed for user to poll pipe-state.

Regards,
Hemant
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