Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 0/10] af_unix: add multicast and filtering features to AF_UNIX | From | Eric Dumazet <> | Date | Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:26:42 -0800 |
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Le jeudi 01 mars 2012 à 12:57 +0100, Javier Martinez Canillas a écrit :
> Yes, you are right it doesn't follow AF_UNIX semantics so Unix sockets > is not the best place to add our multicast implementation. >
Right, AF_UNIX is already a nightmare to maintain.
> So, now we are trying a different approach. To create a new address > family AF_MCAST. That way we can have more control over the semantics of > the socket interface for that family. > > We expect to have some patches in a few days and we will resend. > > Does this makes more sense to you? >
Why adding an obscure set of IPC mechanism in network tree, and not using (maybe extending) traditional IPC (Messages queues, semaphores, Shared memory, pipes, futexes, ...).
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