Re: TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT possible bug + documentation patch for tcp.7

From: bert hubert (ahu@ds9a.nl)
Date: Sun Oct 22 2000 - 07:03:37 EST


On Sun, Oct 22, 2000 at 11:48:22AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:

> > Patch follows beneath. On a related note, I'm not sure if this is right
> > (connecting to a daemon using TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)
>
> Yes, looks very broken. I guess there was a reason why it was never
> documented.

>From a userland perspective, it works very well. It just wastes packets.

> Sorry for advertising it as a working feature.

The fix should be easy. I'm looking in to it.

Regards,

bert hubert

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