Re: [patch 1/1] /proc/$$/ipaddr and per-task networking bits

From: Coywolf Qi Hunt (coywolf_at_gmail.com)
Date: 03/11/05

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To: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>

    On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:08:55 +0100, Arjan van de Ven
    <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:
    > On Thu, 2005-03-10 at 17:00 +0100, Lorenzo Hernández García-Hierro
    > wrote: it tries to fill the
    > > ipaddr member of the task_struct structure with the IP address
    > > associated to the user running @current task/process,if available.
    >
    > but... a use doesn't hane an IP. a host does.
    >

    The patch is useful in this situation. Suppose node E has two IPs, IP1
    and IP2. IP1 is the default and got blocked from some network C.

    Now if one try to visit C from E, one has to to use IP2. 

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Coywolf Qi Hunt
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