Re: 2.2: data loss after socket close

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru
Sat, 7 Aug 1999 18:36:50 +0400 (MSK DST)


Hello!

> >I tried to get around this problem with SOL_LINGER (which is
> >actually used in NT only). It did not change anything.
>
> I think this patch I found some time ago into the ac patches should fix
> your problem.

Lingering does not solve any problems.

It is only goal is to force blocking until protocol
close to prevent resource consumption by parentless sockets.
It is never (or very rarely) good idea, because we get
whole process hanging instead of small socketlet 8)

Alexey

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