Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Thu, 1 Mar 2012 20:40:02 -0800 | | From | Stephen Hemminger <> | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/10] af_unix: add multicast and filtering features to AF_UNIX |
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On Thu, 01 Mar 2012 15:55:05 -0500 (EST) David Miller <davem@davemloft.net> wrote:
> From: Javier Martinez Canillas <javier.martinez@collabora.co.uk> > Date: Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:56:11 +0100 > > > We could use AF_INET multicast on a local machine but we need some > > ordering and control flow requirements that are not guaranteed on UDP > > multicast over IP. That's why we thought to add a new address family > > AF_MCAST. > > None of this makes any sense to me. > > Unless you have infinite amounts of memory you have to handle packet > drops, and the same things that handle packet drops on a protocol > level can handle out-of-order delivery too. > > Stop reinventing the wheel, use facilities that exist already.
Look at ZeroMq http://www.zeromq.org/ library seems to be a good fit for what D-bus wants. And it supports multiple protocols.
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