Is this a bug in PF_PACKET? Should the socket queue be
emptied by packet_set_ring (called via setsockopt when
PACKET_RX_RING is used) so the above cannot happen?
Should the user-space app drain the socket queue with
recvfrom prior to (4) -quite unlikely in practice-?
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Joan Raventos wrote:
>>>Is this a bug in PF_PACKET? Should the socket queue be
>>>emptied by packet_set_ring (called via setsockopt when
>>>PACKET_RX_RING is used) so the above cannot happen?
>>>Should the user-space app drain the socket queue with
>>>recvfrom prior to (4) -quite unlikely in practi
Hi Patrick,
Thx for your prompt reply! Plz see some comments inline.
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>> Is this a bug in PF_PACKET? Should the socket queue be
>> emptied by packet_set_ring (called via setsockopt when
>> PACKET_RX_RING is used) so the above cannot happen?
>> Should the user-space app drain the socket queue w
Joan Raventos wrote:
> Hello,
>
> In order to use PF_PACKET/SOCK_RAW with PACKET_RX_RING
> one would possibly do (as described in
> Documentation/networking/packet_mmap.txt):
> 1. setup PF_PACKET socket via socket call.
> 2. use setsockopt to change the PF_PACKET socket into
> PACKET_RX_RING mode
