Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:53:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:53:16 -0500 Received: from pizda.ninka.net ([216.101.162.242]:39567 "EHLO pizda.ninka.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 16 Mar 2001 16:52:59 -0500 From: "David S. Miller" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15026.35590.328863.956250@pizda.ninka.net> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 13:52:06 -0800 (PST) To: "Mathieu Giguere (LMC)" Cc: "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org'" , "Claude LeFrancois (LMC)" Subject: RE: UDP stop transmitting packets!!! In-Reply-To: <7E67DE81C0B6D311B30500805FFEBAAE03078E40@lmc35.lmc.ericsson.se> In-Reply-To: <7E67DE81C0B6D311B30500805FFEBAAE03078E40@lmc35.lmc.ericsson.se> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 13) "Crater Lake" XEmacs Lucid Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mathieu Giguere (LMC) writes: > Thanks for your answer. > We will have a patch internally to handle this protection. I would like to clarify my statements: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David S. Miller [SMTP:davem@redhat.com] > > Subject: RE: UDP stop transmitting packets!!! > > > > If you kill the application, the queue is emptied and tossed > > by the kernel. This should be "If you close the socket" then the queue will be drained and free'd by the kernel. Killing the application is one way to get the socket closed. Later, David S. Miller davem@redhat.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/