From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin LaHaise Subject: Re: AF_BUS socket address family Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:13:50 -0400 Message-ID: <20120630001350.GS21968@kvack.org> References: <1340988354-26981-1-git-send-email-vincent.sanders@collabora.co.uk> <20120629.153656.1141845894730637434.davem@davemloft.net> <20120629231236.GA28593@mail.collabora.co.uk> <20120629.161821.948325645333976311.davem@davemloft.net> <20120629234230.GA11480@kyllikki.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: David Miller , netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Vincent Sanders Return-path: Received: from kanga.kvack.org ([205.233.56.17]:56043 "EHLO kanga.kvack.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754115Ab2F3ANy (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:13:54 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120629234230.GA11480@kyllikki.org> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:42:30AM +0100, Vincent Sanders wrote: > The current users are suffering from the issues outlined in my > introductory mail all the time. These issues are caused by emulating an > IPC system over AF_UNIX in userspace. Nothing in your introductory statements indicate how your requirements can't be met through a hybrid socket + shared memory solution. The IPC facilities of the kernel are already quite rich, and sufficient for building many kinds of complex systems. What's so different about DBus' requirements? -ben -- "Thought is the essence of where you are now."