Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:28:46 +0100 | From | David Lamparter <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/10] af_unix: add multicast and filtering features to AF_UNIX |
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On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:47:39AM +0100, Rodrigo Moya wrote: > > - slow readers: dropping packets vs blocking the sender. Although > > datagrams are not reliable on IP, datagrams on Unix sockets are > never > > lost. So if one receiver has its buffer full the sender is blocked > > instead of dropping packets. That way we guarantee a reliable > > communication channel.
This sounds like a terribly nice way to f*ck the entire D-Bus system by having one broken (or malicious) desktop application. What's the intended way of coping with users that block the socket by not reading?
-David L.
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