netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] add TX timestamping via cmsg

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Message-ID: <CADAM+B1osNNwVpg1R_kAFW8m75mr15_usDa=gmqpBA+xwyA_fg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 30 Mar 2016 21:08:58 -0400
From:	Soheil Hassas Yeganeh <soheil.kdev@...il.com>
To:	Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 0/8] add TX timestamping via cmsg

On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 8:38 PM, Martin KaFai Lau <kafai@...com> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 06:37:20PM -0400, Soheil Hassas Yeganeh wrote:
>> I will follow up with another patch to enable timestamping for
>> active TFO (client-side TCP Fast Open) and also setting packet
>> mark via cmsgs.
> Can you share more details on what 'setting packet mark' does?

I meant, since SOL_SOCKET-level csmg's will be processed for all
protocols, users should be able to override sk->sk_mark via command
messages when possible similar to what the following patch did for
packet sockets:
http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/527991/

It'll be a tiny followup patch.

> Nice patches!

Thank you so much!

Cheers,
Soheil