Re: [PATCH v2] ipv4: Make IP_MULTICAST_ALL and IP_MSFILTER work on raw sockets

[David Miller]

From: Quentin Armitage <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:10:10 +0100

> Currently, although IP_MULTICAST_ALL and IP_MSFILTER ioctl calls succeed on
> raw sockets, there is no code to implement the functionality on received
> packets; it is only implemented for UDP sockets. The raw(7) man page states:
> "In addition, all ip(7) IPPROTO_IP socket options valid for datagram sockets
> are supported", which implies these ioctls should work on raw sockets.
> 
> To fix this, add a call to ip_mc_sf_allow on raw sockets.
> 
> This should not break any existing code, since the current position of
> not calling ip_mc_sf_filter makes it behave as if neither the IP_MULTICAST_ALL
> nor the IP_MSFILTER ioctl had been called. Adding the call to ip_mc_sf_allow
> will therefore maintain the current behaviour so long as IP_MULTICAST_ALL and
> IP_MSFILTER ioctls are not called. Any code that currently is calling
> IP_MULTICAST_ALL or IP_MSFILTER ioctls on raw sockets presumably is wanting
> the filter to be applied, although no filtering will currently be occurring.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Quentin Armitage <quentin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> v2: * Fixed subject line

Your email client has corrupted the patch, transforming TAB characters
into spaces, amongst other things.

Please correct this and resubmit your patch.
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