netdev - Re: [PATCH] af_packet: Add PACKET_FANOUT

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Message-ID: <53087188.9080408@gmail.com>
Date:	Sat, 22 Feb 2014 10:44:40 +0100
From:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
To:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>, linux-man@...r.kernel.org
CC:	mtk.manpages@...il.com, andi@...stfloor.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_packet: Add PACKET_FANOUT_QM documentation

On 01/28/2014 01:16 PM, Neil Horman wrote:
> Recently added a new fanout mode of operation to packet sockets.  Document it
> here

Thanks, Neil. Applied.

This new mode is ne win 3.14, right?

Cheers,

Michael


> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
> CC: mtk.manpages@...il.com
> CC: andi@...stfloor.org
> CC: netdev@...r.kernel.org
> ---
>  man7/packet.7 | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
> index 93f91e9..6e145dc 100644
> --- a/man7/packet.7
> +++ b/man7/packet.7
> @@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ processes all data on a single socket, moves to the next when one
>  becomes backlogged.
>  .BR PACKET_FANOUT_RND
>  selects the socket using a pseudo-random number generator.
> +.BR PACKET_FANOUT_QM
> +selects the socket using the recorded queue_mapping of the received skb.
>  
>  Fanout modes can take additional options.
>  IP fragmentation causes packets from the same flow to have different
> 


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