There is an underlying socket object in struct tun that isn't accessible, so if you try to do a recvmmsg on a tun file descriptor you'll get an error. This small patchset allows external file objects to claim socket status and enables it for tun_files.
Alex Gartrell (2): socket: Allow external sockets to use socket syscalls tun: enable socket system calls drivers/net/tun.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------ include/linux/fs.h | 2 +- net/socket.c | 3 ++- 3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) -- Alex Gartrell <agartr...@fb.com> -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/