Re: UDP recvmsg blocks after select(), 2.6 bug?

From: Alan Cox
Date: Wed Oct 06 2004 - 16:37:16 EST


On Mer, 2004-10-06 at 23:08, Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> > Nor does anything else in that case. I guess we need a POSIX_ME_HARDER
> > socket option.
>
> The default should be a POSIX compliant socket IMHO; a POSIX_ME_NOT
> option could provide better performance.

The current setup has so far been found to break one app, after what
three years. It can almost double performance. In this case it is very
much POSIX_ME_HARDER, and perhaps longer term suggests the posix/sus
people should revisit their API design.


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