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SubjectRe: [PATCH 0/10] af_unix: add multicast and filtering features to AF_UNIX
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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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