Re: [PATCH 3/4] packet_get(): receive packets using recvmsg() instead of recvfrom()

[Nikola Pajkovsky]

Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav(a)samel.cz&gt; writes:

>  Since recvfrom() is emulated by recvmsg() (in kernel space), make
> use
>  of recvmsg().
>
>  This also prepares the ground for VLAN handling: since about 6 years
>  the VLAN header is stripped off the packet (except for some rare and/or
>  software interfaces) and is passed to us using auxilliary data structure.
>  This 'struct tpacket_auxdata' is passed to us using control messages
>  (see cmsg(3)) and these control messages can be received only by recvmsg(2).
>
>  Signed-off-by: Vitezslav Samel <vitezslav(a)samel.cz&gt;
>  ---
>   src/packet.c |   19 ++++++++++++++-----
>   1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) 
patch is not bad, but you will have to convince me, that recvfrom is
emulated by recvmsg ;)

-- 
Nikola