netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v3] sock_diag: notify packet socket creation/deletion

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Message-Id: <20130521.114356.1770768038835716108.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 21 May 2013 11:43:56 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com
Cc:	xiyou.wangcong@...il.com, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v3] sock_diag: notify packet socket
 creation/deletion

From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 17:14:50 +0200

> Le 20/05/2013 08:29, David Miller a écrit :
>> From: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
>> Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 16:25:38 +0200
>>
>>> With this patch, a netlink message is sent each time a packet socket
>>> is created or deleted.  The framework is generic, so it's easy to
>>> add the notification for other kind of sockets.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Dichtel <nicolas.dichtel@...nd.com>
>>
>> Just curious what you want to use this for.
> Some HW (custom FPGA, ASICs, NPUs) are able to offload packet
> captures, so it is required to notify them.

I don't even want to hear about this until you have patches ready
to submit to fully support such a facility.

I'm not applying this patch, sorry.
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