netdev - Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] pktgen: introduce 'rx' mode

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Message-ID: <5544A728.3060304@iogearbox.net>
Date:	Sat, 02 May 2015 12:30:00 +0200
From:	Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>
To:	Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@...hat.com>
CC:	Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...mgrid.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Robert Olsson <robert@...julf.net>,
	Ben Greear <greearb@...delatech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 net-next] pktgen: introduce 'rx' mode

On 05/02/2015 11:54 AM, Jesper Dangaard Brouer wrote:
...
> I personally just don't like the "RX" flag name.
> What about "STACK_RX" or "RX_INJECT"?

I'm not sure if it actually qualifies as a flag from user space
point of view, besides that it's used as an implementation detail.

You could have an option "xmit_mode [rx|tx]" (where obviously tx
is the default), perhaps that makes it clearer that you xmit into
the kernel's rx path.

Cheers,
Daniel
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