Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S267350AbUJGIIB (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:08:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269751AbUJGIIB (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:08:01 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:60840 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S267350AbUJGIEP (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Oct 2004 04:04:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:04:14 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Dan Kegel Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List , joris@eljakim.nl Subject: Re: UDP recvmsg blocks after select(), 2.6 bug? Message-ID: <20041007080414.GA28999@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Dan Kegel , Linux Kernel Mailing List , joris@eljakim.nl References: <4164CB02.2030607@kegel.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4164CB02.2030607@kegel.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 794 Lines: 18 On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:50:10PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote: > It would be nice to know how other operating systems behave > when receiving UDP packets with bad checksums. Can someone > try BSD and Solaris? It does not matter - this behaviour should not be depended upon. There are lots of other reasons why a packet might in fact not be available, kernels are allowed to drop UDP packets at will. -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://lartc.org Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO - 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/