netdev - Re: [PATCH] af_packet: Add PACKET_FANOUT

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Date:	Sun, 23 Feb 2014 17:23:21 -0500
From:	Neil Horman <nhorman@...driver.com>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-man@...r.kernel.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_packet: Add PACKET_FANOUT_QM documentation

On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 10:44:40AM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> 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?
> 
IIRC, yes, thats correct.
Neil

> 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
> > 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Michael Kerrisk
> Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/
> Linux/UNIX System Programming Training: http://man7.org/training/
> 
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