Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 23 Oct 2000 22:32:09 +0200 | From | Kurt Roeckx <> | Subject | Re: syslog() blocks on glibc 2.1.3 with kernel 2.2.x |
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2000 at 03:58:39PM -0400, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote: > "David S. Miller" <davem@redhat.com> writes: > > > SOCK_DGRAM over AF_UNIX is reliable, it's a local transport. > > This is contrary to the documentation ("man socket"). The behavior > you describe is what I would expect for SOCK_SEQPACKET, not > SOCK_DGRAM.
SOCK_DGRAM is only as reliable as the underlying protocol. If the unerlying one is not reliable, neither is SOCK_DGRAM. It will not do anything to make it more reliable, unlike others.
Kurt
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