Add a comment about PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS' socket option to the kernel. Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <dborkman@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Michael, this patch is on top of Willem's resend for packet.7: http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-man/msg04576.html Kernel part of this man page update: https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next.git/commit/?id=d346a3fae3ff1d99f5d0c819bf86edf9094a26a1 Thanks! man7/packet.7 | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7 index e0993d2..100f876 100644 --- a/man7/packet.7 +++ b/man7/packet.7 @@ -426,6 +426,11 @@ creates a packet receive ring of variant .BR TPACKET_V1 . To create another variant, configure the desired variant by setting this integer option before creating the ring. +.TP +.BR PACKET_QDISC_BYPASS " (since Linux 3.14)" +By default, packets sent through packet sockets pass through the kernel's +qdisc (traffic control) layer. This can be bypassed by setting this integer +option to one for usage scenarios similar to pktgen. .SS Ioctls .B SIOCGSTAMP -- 1.8.3.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
