Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: AF_BUS socket address family | From | Ben Hutchings <> | Date | Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:33:41 +0100 |
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On Fri, 2012-06-29 at 12:16 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > On 06/29/2012 10:45 AM, Vincent Sanders wrote: > > This series adds the bus address family (AF_BUS) it is against > > net-next as of yesterday. > > > > AF_BUS is a message oriented inter process communication system. > > > > The principle features are: > > > > - Reliable datagram based communication (all sockets are of type > > SOCK_SEQPACKET) > > > > - Multicast message delivery (one to many, unicast as a subset) > > > > - Strict ordering (messages are delivered to every client in the same order) > > > > - Ability to pass file descriptors > > > > - Ability to pass credentials > > > > I haven't had time to look at the code yet, but if you haven't already > I'd like to propose adding the ability for someone with suitable > privileges to eavesdrop on all communications. We've been using > something similar to this (essentially a simplified multicast unix > datagram protocol) for many years now and having a tcpdump-like ability > is very useful for debugging.
It's in there (look for 'eavesdrop' in 08/15).
Ben.
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