Re: [patch] allow write() on SOCK_PACKET sockets

[Herbert Xu]

Stas Sergeev <stsp@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Unless I am really missing something, there
> seem to be no reason why the SOCK_PACKET code
> does not allow to use write() or send() when
> the socket was bound, and insists on using
> sendto(). SOCK_RAW code, in comparison, allows
> write() after bind().

It is counter-intuitive to allow write after bind().  AFAIK RAW
only allows write after connect(), not bind().

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