[netperf-dev] Controlling socket priority

[Amir Vadai]

I will add a test for SO_PRIORITY in configure.ac and the needed ifdef's.
As to DSCP, it is not related to it. I think you need to use IP_TOS
socket option for that.
I didn't use it (DSCP), so I'm not very familiar with it.

- Amir

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:11 AM, Rick Jones <rick.jones2 at hp.com> wrote:
> On 08/02/2011 05:16 AM, Amir Vadai wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I added support for setting socket priority through netperf command
>> line arguments.
>>
>> Please consider adding it.
>
> Amir -
>
> Many points for including src/nettest_omni and adding the output selectors.
>
> One nit though - how portable is SO_PRIORITY?  I did a quick check on an
> HP-UX 11.31 system and didn't find it in any of the header files.  That
> being the case, the addition will need to be conditional on SO_PRIORITY
> being defined.
>
> Also, how does this relate to DSCP?
>
> happy benchmarking,
>
> rick jones
>