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From: "Balbir Singh" <balbir_soni@hotmail.com>
To: davem@redhat.com
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [BUG] Suspected bug in getpeername and getsockname
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:05:17 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <F131HApBClrdudfwG9t000112bd@hotmail.com> (raw)

>Can the user eat up more than a scheduling quantum because of the
>work done by ->getname()?  I certainly don't think you can prove
>this.
>

That depends on what ->getname() does. Anyway
in my opinion any code which does all the processing
and then catches any error is BROKEN.

>It certainly isn't work the long discussion we're having about it,
>that is for sure.
>

I agree! no point

>You want this to make your broken getname() protocol semantics work
>and I'd like you to address that instead.  I get the feeling that
>you've designed this weird behavior and that it is not specified in
>any standard anyways that your protocol must behave in this way.  I
>suggest you change it to work without the user length being
>available.
>

There is no other choice but to live with it.

Regards,
Balbir

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             reply	other threads:[~2002-01-18  0:05 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-18  0:05 Balbir Singh [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-17 23:35 [BUG] Suspected bug in getpeername and getsockname Balbir Singh
2002-01-17 23:38 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-17 23:20 Balbir Singh
2002-01-17 23:26 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-17 22:11 Balbir Singh
2002-01-17 22:30 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-17 16:27 Balbir Singh
2002-01-17 20:24 ` kuznet
2002-01-17 21:11 ` David S. Miller
2002-01-16  0:51 Balbir Singh
2002-01-17  0:54 ` David S. Miller

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