Re: UDP recvmsg blocks after select(), 2.6 bug?

bert hubert
2004-10-07T08:08:01Z

On Wed, Oct 06, 2004 at 09:50:10PM -0700, Dan Kegel wrote:

> It would be nice to know how other operating systems behave
> when receiving UDP packets with bad checksums. Can someone
> try BSD and Solaris?

It does not matter - this behaviour should not be depended upon. There are
lots of other reasons why a packet might in fact not be available, kernels
are allowed to drop UDP packets at will.

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