linux/net
Erich E. Hoover 76e21053b5 ipv4: Implement IP_UNICAST_IF socket option.
The IP_UNICAST_IF feature is needed by the Wine project.  This patch
implements the feature by setting the outgoing interface in a similar
fashion to that of IP_MULTICAST_IF.  A separate option is needed to
handle this feature since the existing options do not provide all of
the characteristics required by IP_UNICAST_IF, a summary is provided
below.

SO_BINDTODEVICE:
* SO_BINDTODEVICE requires administrative privileges, IP_UNICAST_IF
does not.  From reading some old mailing list articles my
understanding is that SO_BINDTODEVICE requires administrative
privileges because it can override the administrator's routing
settings.
* The SO_BINDTODEVICE option restricts both outbound and inbound
traffic, IP_UNICAST_IF only impacts outbound traffic.

IP_PKTINFO:
* Since IP_PKTINFO and IP_UNICAST_IF are independent options,
implementing IP_UNICAST_IF with IP_PKTINFO will likely break some
applications.
* Implementing IP_UNICAST_IF on top of IP_PKTINFO significantly
complicates the Wine codebase and reduces the socket performance
(doing this requires a lot of extra communication between the
"server" and "user" layers).

bind():
* bind() does not work on broadcast packets, IP_UNICAST_IF is
specifically intended to work with broadcast packets.
* Like SO_BINDTODEVICE, bind() restricts both outbound and inbound
traffic.

Signed-off-by: Erich E. Hoover <ehoover@mines.edu>
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
2012-02-08 15:52:45 -05:00
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9p virtio: rename virtqueue_add_buf_gfp to virtqueue_add_buf 2012-01-12 15:44:42 +10:30
802 net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
8021q vlan: static functions 2011-12-14 02:39:30 -05:00
appletalk net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
atm atm: clip: Convert over to dst_neigh_lookup(). 2012-02-01 17:23:11 -05:00
ax25 ax25: avoid overflows in ax25_setsockopt() 2011-12-28 14:08:08 -05:00
batman-adv batman-adv: Fix merge error. 2011-12-16 15:07:28 -05:00
bluetooth bluetooth: hci: Fix type of "enable_hs" to bool. 2012-01-22 15:08:46 -05:00
bridge bridge: BH already disabled in br_fdb_cleanup() 2012-01-17 10:17:32 -05:00
caif caif: remove duplicate initialization 2012-02-07 13:39:37 -05:00
can
ceph libceph: remove useless return value for osd_client __send_request() 2012-01-10 08:57:03 -08:00
core gro: more generic L2 header check 2012-02-08 15:50:01 -05:00
dcb net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
dccp inet_diag: Rename inet_diag_req into inet_diag_req_v2 2012-01-11 12:56:06 -08:00
decnet decnet: remove unused variable from dn_output() 2012-02-05 17:44:55 -05:00
dns_resolver
dsa dsa: Move switch drivers to new directory drivers/net/dsa 2011-11-29 00:21:36 -05:00
econet net: Remove all uses of LL_ALLOCATED_SPACE 2011-11-18 14:37:09 -05:00
ethernet
ieee802154 net: Remove all uses of LL_ALLOCATED_SPACE 2011-11-18 14:37:09 -05:00
ipv4 ipv4: Implement IP_UNICAST_IF socket option. 2012-02-08 15:52:45 -05:00
ipv6 ipv6: Remove never used function inet6_ac_check(). 2012-02-01 16:14:17 -05:00
ipx net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
irda irda: use msecs_to_jiffies() rather than manual calculation 2011-12-21 15:46:22 -05:00
iucv af_iucv: get rid of state IUCV_SEVERED 2011-12-20 14:05:03 -05:00
key net: use IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6) 2011-12-11 18:25:16 -05:00
l2tp l2tp: l2tp_ip - fix possible oops on packet receive 2012-01-25 21:45:00 -05:00
lapb
llc llc: Fix race condition in llc_ui_recvmsg 2012-01-24 15:33:19 -05:00
mac80211 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-02-06 14:26:39 -05:00
netfilter Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2012-01-17 22:26:41 -08:00
netlabel net: reintroduce missing rcu_assign_pointer() calls 2012-01-12 12:26:56 -08:00
netlink net: Deinline __nlmsg_put and genlmsg_put. -7k code on i386 defconfig. 2012-01-30 15:22:06 -05:00
netrom netrom: avoid overflows in nr_setsockopt() 2011-12-28 14:08:08 -05:00
nfc nfc: NULL vs zero in nci_activate_target() 2012-01-27 14:57:04 -05:00
openvswitch openvswitch: Fix multipart datapath dumps. 2012-01-17 23:56:19 -05:00
packet Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2011-12-30 13:04:14 -05:00
phonet net: reintroduce missing rcu_assign_pointer() calls 2012-01-12 12:26:56 -08:00
rds rds: Make rds_sock_lock BH rather than IRQ safe. 2012-01-24 17:03:44 -05:00
rfkill Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next into for-davem 2012-01-05 10:13:24 -05:00
rose net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
rxrpc net: fix assignment of 0/1 to bool variables. 2011-12-19 22:27:29 -05:00
sched net/sched: sch_plug - Queue traffic until an explicit release command 2012-02-07 12:54:56 -05:00
sctp Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2012-01-08 13:21:22 -08:00
sunrpc SUNRPC: Fix machine creds in generic_create_cred and generic_match 2012-01-23 14:03:46 -08:00
tipc tipc: Minor optimization to rejection of connection-based messages 2012-02-06 16:59:19 -05:00
unix af_unix: fix EPOLLET regression for stream sockets 2012-01-30 12:45:07 -05:00
wanrouter wanrouter: Remove kernel_lock annotations 2011-11-07 13:27:30 -05:00
wimax net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
wireless nl80211: add support for mcs masks 2012-01-30 15:48:25 -05:00
x25 net:x25: use IS_ENABLED 2011-12-16 15:49:52 -05:00
xfrm Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://selinuxproject.org/~jmorris/linux-security 2012-01-14 18:36:33 -08:00
compat.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00
Kconfig net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components. 2011-12-03 09:35:17 -08:00
Makefile net: Add Open vSwitch kernel components. 2011-12-03 09:35:17 -08:00
nonet.c
socket.c net: reintroduce missing rcu_assign_pointer() calls 2012-01-12 12:26:56 -08:00
sysctl_net.c net: Add export.h for EXPORT_SYMBOL/THIS_MODULE to non-modules 2011-10-31 19:30:30 -04:00