Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v2 1/4] packet: add classic BPF fanout mode

From: Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 21:58:23 -0700

On 8/14/15 7:31 PM, Willem de Bruijn wrote:
> From: Willem de Bruijn<[email-masked]>
>
> Add fanout mode PACKET_FANOUT_CBPF that accepts a classic BPF program
> to select a socket.
>
> This avoids having to keep adding special case fanout modes. One
> example use case is application layer load balancing. The QUIC
> protocol, for instance, encodes a connection ID in UDP payload.
>
> Also add socket option SOL_PACKET/PACKET_FANOUT_DATA that updates data
> associated with the socket group. Fanout mode PACKET_FANOUT_CBPF is the
> only user so far.
>
> Signed-off-by: Willem de Bruijn<[email-masked]>

bpf bits looks good.
Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <[email-masked]>