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Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards

From Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Newsgroups linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.kernel
Subject Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards
Date 2020-08-03 05:40 +0200
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On Sun, 2020-08-02 at 22:44 +0200, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> On Sun, 2 Aug 2020, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> 
> > The RFC says that the IPV6_TCLASS option's value is an int, and that
> 
> for setsockopt (“option's”), not cmsg
> 
> > No, the wording is *not* clear.
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> So perhaps let’s try to find out what’s actually right…

For what it's worth, FreeBSD/Darwin and Windows also put 4 bytes of
data in a IPV6_TCLASS cmsg.  So whether or not it's "right", it's
consistent between three independent implementations.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
For every complex problem
there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong.


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Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.de> - 2020-07-28 20:40 +0200
  Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-08-02 20:00 +0200
    Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2020-08-02 21:50 +0200
      Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-08-02 22:40 +0200
        Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2020-08-02 22:50 +0200
          Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> - 2020-08-03 05:40 +0200
            Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2020-08-03 19:10 +0200
              Bug#966459: linux: traffic class socket options (both IPv4/IPv6) inconsistent with docs/standards Thorsten Glaser <t.glaser@tarent.de> - 2020-08-04 21:10 +0200

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