Re: [PATCH netnext 0/3] packet: Add option to create new fanout group with unique id.

2017-04-21 Thread Willem de Bruijn
On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 3:25 PM, Mike Maloney wrote: > From: Mike Maloney > > Fanout uses a per net global namespace. A process that intends to create a > new fanout group can accidentally join an existing group. It is > not possible to detect this. > > Add a socket option to specify on the first

[PATCH netnext 0/3] packet: Add option to create new fanout group with unique id.

2017-04-20 Thread Mike Maloney
From: Mike Maloney Fanout uses a per net global namespace. A process that intends to create a new fanout group can accidentally join an existing group. It is not possible to detect this. Add a socket option to specify on the first call to setsockopt(..., PACKET_FANOUT, ...) to ensure that a new