From: Vlad Yasevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:40:58 -0400
> UDP currently uses skb->dev->ifindex which may provide the wrong > information when the socket bound to a specific interface. > This patch makes inet_iif() accessible to UDP and makes UDP use it. > > The scenario we are trying to fix is when a client is running on > the same system and the server and both client and server bind to > a non-loopback device. > > Signed-off-by: Vlad Yasevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> David, could you take a quick look at this one? I have a hunch that this will have side-effects for multicast applications and I'd feel better if you went over this patch with that in mind. Thanks! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
