Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:00:01 GMT From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> To: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/177362: [netinet] [patch] Wrong control used to return TOS Message-ID: <201303271200.r2RC01nl074477@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR kern/177362; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Mark Andrews <marka@isc.org> To: Michael Tuexen <tuexen@freebsd.org> Cc: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: kern/177362: [netinet] [patch] Wrong control used to return TOS Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:54:06 +1100 In message <25EB2335-645C-42ED-B90A-6D07A33280DB@freebsd.org>, Michael Tuexen w rites: > It was not done by accident. The returned cmsg_type is IP_RECVTOS instead > of IP_TOS to keep it consistent with the handling of the IP_RECVTTL socket > option. > I found it more important to be consistent within the same protocol family > than across different ones. > I think that unfortunately IP_RECVTOS is not defined in any standard. > > Best regards > Michael And Linux uses IP_TOS to return the value. -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: marka@isc.org
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