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

From: Chris Friesen
Date: Thu Oct 07 2004 - 18:36:57 EST


David S. Miller wrote:

So people who improperly use select() with blocking sockets get punished
in a different way, with half the performance compared to today?

Yes. Rather than having an app that doesn't work at all in the case of corrupted packets, they get half the performance.

Chris
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