Re: [PATCH] net: packet: option to only pass skb protocol

[David Miller]

From: "Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 22:50:40 +0200

> binding socket to device might be done by a separate process
> from the one doing sendmsg, and IMO the device socket is bound
> to might change at any time.
> 
> So the sending process would need to get socket name before
> each sendmsg.
> 
> Makes sense?

Not really, when it's at the expense of everyone else.

If you can pass the FD around, you can pass around auxiliary
information as well.

Make sense? :-)


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