> Still there is the issue that user level protocols can't signal
> forward process to the kernel. How about adding a socket option
> that does it for connected sockets to plug this hole?
>
> This is not the answer, and I'll never accept such a patch.
Gold words 8)
Only do not put these two things two closely in your memory.
Forward progress indication is not related to this weirdness at all
and, probably, we will have to make it one day.
Alexey
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