From: john.rutherf...@dektech.com.au
Date: Wed,  7 Aug 2019 12:52:29 +1000

> From: John Rutherford <john.rutherf...@dektech.com.au>
> 
> Since node internal messages are passed directly to the socket, it is not
> possible to observe those messages via tcpdump or wireshark.
> 
> We now remedy this by making it possible to clone such messages and send
> the clones to the loopback interface.  The clones are dropped at reception
> and have no functional role except making the traffic visible.
> 
> The feature is enabled if network taps are active for the loopback device.
> pcap filtering restrictions require the messages to be presented to the
> receiving side of the loopback device.
> 
> v3 - Function dev_nit_active used to check for network taps.
>    - Procedure netif_rx_ni used to send cloned messages to loopback device.
> 
> Signed-off-by: John Rutherford <john.rutherf...@dektech.com.au>
> Acked-by: Jon Maloy <jon.ma...@ericsson.com>
> Acked-by: Ying Xue <ying....@windriver.com>

Applied, thank you.


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