Guys, I'm working on a network device that will forward some packets before they get to netif_rx and thus net_rx_action. Thus, the forwarded packets handled by my device/protocol would not be traced by the existing trace utility (AF_PACKET etc.), correct? Am I correct in assuming that there is no existing way to trace such fast-forwarded packets? Mmy proposed solution to the problem is to implement a socket type for my (new) protocol family that will allow such packets to be traced. Simply open a socket eg socket(AF_MINE, SOCK_RAW, MYPROTO_TRACE) and you get a copy of the packets from the driver. Is this an acceptable solution or are people cringing at the thought? I came across the ethertap driver and it seems to do something along the lines of what I want to do, but I need to look at it more closely. Comments? Thanks, Dave - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
