netdev - Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 03/13] net: Allow MSG

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Message-ID: <87lgdz9zos.fsf@linux-m68k.org>
Date:   Sat, 07 Apr 2018 10:40:51 +0200
From:   Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com>
Cc:     <davem@...emloft.net>, <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kernel-team@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 net-next 03/13] net: Allow MSG_EOR in each msghdr of sendmmsg

On Mär 07 2016, Tom Herbert <tom@...bertland.com> wrote:

> This patch allows setting MSG_EOR in each individual msghdr passed
> in sendmmsg. This allows a sendmmsg to send multiple messages when
> using SOCK_SEQPACKET.

This adds a new requirement to the interface of sendmmsg, namely that
the msg_flags field must now be initialized, where previously it was
ignored as documented in sendmsg(2).

See also <https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=23037>.

Andreas.

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