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From: Val Henson <val@nmt.edu>
To: David Ashley <dash@xdr.com>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: BUG: udp socket, getsockopt + setsockopt
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 20:41:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020129204102.A9094@boardwalk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200201300326.g0U3Qu600178@dave.home>; from dash@xdr.com on Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:26:56PM -0800


I'm not sure what version this change appeared.  Also, your pc may
have different default socket size settings.  This command will show
you both the max and default settings:

cat /proc/sys/net/core/?mem_*

(You can also set them in the usual way.)

-VAL

On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 07:26:56PM -0800, David Ashley wrote:
>
> I forgot to mention it doesn't act the same on my x86 desktop running
> linux. I don't recall what version. On my pc there is no trouble.
> Oh well.
>
> Thanks--
> Dave
>
> >When you set SO_RCVBUF with setsockopt, the kernel allocates twice the
> >memory you set.  This has something to do with BSD compatibility and
> >storing internal kernel structures in the memory allocated for the
> >recv buf.  Try getsockopt after you setsockopt.
> >
> >This is ostensibly a feature, not a bug.  Search the linux-kernel
> >archives for "so_rcvbuf" and "David Miller".  Hint: you probably won't
> >convince Dave to change his mind.
> >
> >-VAL
>

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  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-30  3:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-30  3:26 BUG: udp socket, getsockopt + setsockopt David Ashley
2002-01-30  3:41 ` Val Henson [this message]
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-30  3:22 David Ashley
2002-01-29 16:49 David Ashley
2002-01-29 16:58 ` Josh Horvath
2002-01-30  0:05 ` Val Henson

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