Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755548Ab2F2Xu0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:50:26 -0400 Received: from shards.monkeyblade.net ([149.20.54.216]:39088 "EHLO shards.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751971Ab2F2XuY (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:50:24 -0400 Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20120629.165023.1605284574408858612.davem@davemloft.net> To: vincent.sanders@collabora.co.uk Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: AF_BUS socket address family From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20120629234230.GA11480@kyllikki.org> References: <20120629231236.GA28593@mail.collabora.co.uk> <20120629.161821.948325645333976311.davem@davemloft.net> <20120629234230.GA11480@kyllikki.org> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.5 on Emacs 24.0.97 / Mule 6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 902 Lines: 24 From: Vincent Sanders Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:42:30 +0100 > Basically you are indicating you would be completely opposed to any > mechanism involving D-Bus IPC and the kernel? I would not oppose existing mechanisms, which I do not believe is impossible to use in your scenerio. What you really don't get is that packet drops and event losses are absolutely fundamental. As long as receivers lack infinite receive queue this will always be the case. Multicast operates in non-reliable transports only so that one stuck or malfunctioning receiver doesn't screw things over for everyone nor unduly brudon the sender. -- 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/