netdev - Re: Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.23.453.2008022243310.15898@tglase-nb.lan.tarent.de>
Date:   Sun, 2 Aug 2020 22:44:15 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@...ent.de>
To:     Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
cc:     966459@...s.debian.org, netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6)
 inconsistent with docs/standards

On Sun, 2 Aug 2020, Ben Hutchings wrote:

> The RFC says that the IPV6_TCLASS option's value is an int, and that

for setsockopt (“option's”), not cmsg

> No, the wording is *not* clear.

Agreed.

So perhaps let’s try to find out what’s actually right…

Thanks for helping,
//mirabilos
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