On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 10:52:15PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:

Hello Ralf,

On 7/27/21 10:53 AM, Ralf Baechle wrote:

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Describe the issues with SOCK_PACKET possibly truncating network interface
names in results, solutions and possible workarounds.

While the issue is know for a long time it appears to have never been
documented properly and is has started to bite software antiques badly since
the introduction of Predictable Network Interface Names.  So let's document
it.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <redacted>

Thanks for the patch!
Please see a few comments below.

I'll make an updated version in a week or so.  Until then I'm goning to be
offline on civil defence duty in German's flood disaster region ...

  Ralf