From 536d638c7668a7e2f51bd6ead09a4c527435ce0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcel Holtmann Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2014 16:15:23 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] TODO: Update the task for multicast message filtering issue --- TODO | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/TODO b/TODO index 9648140b..f85f6c6d 100644 --- a/TODO +++ b/TODO @@ -247,11 +247,14 @@ Wireless monitor groups that the nl80211 lists. This means that the netlink socket used for resolving nl80211 family - name needs to be kept option and actively processed since it will also + name needs to be kept open and actively processed since it will also receive these multicast events. However the event itself can be dropped since the one from nlmon with the proper kernel level timestamps should be taken into account. + An alternative is to fix the netlink_deliver_tap() function in the + kernel netlink layer to not be affected by the broadcast filtering. + Priority: Medium Complexity: C1