On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 03:11:17PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> This is functionally identical to passing AF_UNIX socket fds over > SCM_RIGHTS, but I want something much lighter weight.
Most of the weight in SCM_RIGHTS comes from the fact that you can pass AF_UNIX sockets over it, which requires a garbage collector. Exclude that and suddenly it becomes very cheap...