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From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] net/core: Make urgent data inline by default
Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:38:38 -0700 (PDT)
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From: Esa-Pekka Pyokkimies <esa-pekka.pyokkimies@stonesoft.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 15:51:06 +0300

> Make urgent data inline by default. As explained in RFC 6093, urgent
> data should never be handled out-of-band.
> 
> "The TCP urgent mechanism is NOT a mechanism for sending "out-of-band"
>  data: the so-called "urgent data" should be delivered "in-line" to
>  the TCP user."
> 
> Signed-off-by: Esa-Pekka Pyokkimies
> <esa-pekka.pyokkimies@stonesoft.com>

There is no way we can make this change, we've had the default
we currently have for 18+ years.  Breaking applications is a
very real possibility.

It doesn't matter what some RFC says.