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SubjectRe: Get interface MAC address in sys_accept4() syscall
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 01:56:06PM +0400, Гурам Савинов wrote:
>I want to change syscall sys_accept4(), to return MAC address.
>It is possible to get MAC from incomming socket in sys_accept4(), with help
>ioctl SIOCGIFHWADDR?
>

The problem is that it doesn't make sense to do this.

accept(2) works on high level sockets, should not bother low level
MAC addresses.

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