python · erlend-aasland · Nov 7, 2022 · Jul 28, 2022 · Jul 30, 2022 · Jul 30, 2022
diff --git a/Doc/library/socket.rst b/Doc/library/socket.rst
@@ -501,6 +501,19 @@ Constants
    .. availability:: Linux >= 2.2.
 
 
+.. data:: ETH_P_8021AD
+          ETH_P_8021Q
+          ETH_P_ALL
+          ETH_P_ARP
+          ETH_P_IP
+          ETH_P_IPV6
+
+   Many constants of these forms, documented in the Linux documentation, are
+   also defined in the socket module.
+
+   .. versionadded:: 3.12
+
+
 .. data:: AF_RDS
           PF_RDS
           SOL_RDS

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-30-14-10-27.gh-issue-95389.nSGEkG.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2022-07-30-14-10-27.gh-issue-95389.nSGEkG.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+expose popular ``ETH_P_*`` constants in :mod:`socket`. Patch by Noam Cohen.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -7711,6 +7711,26 @@ PyInit__socket(void)
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ALG_OP_VERIFY);
 #endif
 
+/* Ethernet Protocol ID's */
+#ifdef ETH_P_8021AD
+    PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ETH_P_8021AD);
+#endif
+#ifdef ETH_P_8021Q
+    PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ETH_P_8021Q);
+#endif
+#ifdef ETH_P_ALL
+    PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ETH_P_ALL);
+#endif
+#ifdef ETH_P_ARP
+    PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ETH_P_ARP);
+#endif
+#ifdef ETH_P_IP
+    PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ETH_P_IP);
+#endif
+#ifdef ETH_P_IPV6
+    PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, ETH_P_IPV6);
+#endif
+
     /* Socket types */
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SOCK_STREAM);
     PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, SOCK_DGRAM);
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		expose popular ``ETH_P_*`` constants in :mod:`socket`. Patch by Noam Cohen.
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