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    tools: psock_tpacket: block Rx until socket filter has been added and socket... · c1878f7a
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    tools: psock_tpacket: block Rx until socket filter has been added and socket has been bound to loopback.
    
    Packets from any/all interfaces may be queued up on the PF_PACKET socket
    before it is bound to the loopback interface by psock_tpacket, and
    when these are passed up by the kernel, they could interfere
    with the Rx tests.
    
    Avoid interference from spurious packet by blocking Rx until the
    socket filter has been set up, and the packet has been bound to the
    desired (lo) interface. The effective sequence is
    	socket(PF_PACKET, SOCK_RAW, 0);
    	set up ring
    	Invoke SO_ATTACH_FILTER
    	bind to sll_protocol set to ETH_P_ALL, sll_ifindex for lo
    After this sequence, the only packets that will be passed up are
    those received on loopback that pass the attached filter.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarSowmini Varadhan <sowmini.varadhan@oracle.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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