On 04/24/2014 10:04 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
Now to your question. It can easily be seen from the if_packet.h header
file http://lingrok.org/xref/linux-net-next/include/uapi/linux/if_packet.h#93
that TP_STATUS_* are individual bits that are set in tp_status field.
So, I take it that that's an Ack-for the patch by Stefan?
Feel free to add my Ack. One nit below:
diff --git a/man7/packet.7 b/man7/packet.7
index 1d3f222..6bac465 100644
--- a/man7/packet.7
+++ b/man7/packet.7
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ The packet socket owns all slots with status
.BR TP_STATUS_KERNEL .
After filling a slot, it changes the status of the slot to transfer
ownership to the application.
-During normal operation, the new status is
-.BR TP_STATUS_USER ,
-to signal that a correctly received packet has been stored.
+During normal operation, the new status has the
+.BR TP_STATUS_USER
+bit set to signal that a correctly received packet has been stored.
^--- I would drop the 'correctly' here as it rather raises questions
what 'incorrectly' would mean in this context.
When the application has finished processing a packet, it transfers
ownership of the slot back to the socket by setting the status to
Cheers,
Michael
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