Subject: Re: [PATCH] af_packet: Add PACKET_FANOUT_QM documentation

From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 10:44:40 +0100

On 01/28/2014 01:16 PM, Neil Horman wrote:
> Recently added a new fanout mode of operation to packet sockets.  Document it
> here

Thanks, Neil. Applied.

This new mode is ne win 3.14, right?

Cheers,

Michael

> Signed-off-by: Neil Horman <[email-masked]>
> CC: [email-masked]
> CC: [email-masked]
> CC: [email-masked]
> ---
>  man7/packet.7 | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
> index 93f91e9..6e145dc 100644
> --- a/man7/packet.7
> +++ b/man7/packet.7
> @@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ processes all data on a single socket, moves to the next when one
>  becomes backlogged.
>  .BR PACKET_FANOUT_RND
>  selects the socket using a pseudo-random number generator.
> +.BR PACKET_FANOUT_QM
> +selects the socket using the recorded queue_mapping of the received skb.
>  
>  Fanout modes can take additional options.
>  IP fragmentation causes packets from the same flow to have different
> 

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