Re: [iproute PATCH v4 2/2] ss: support closing inet sockets via SOCK_DESTROY.

Stephen Hemminger
2016-01-18T19:48:21Z

On Fri, 8 Jan 2016 17:32:37 +0900
Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com> wrote:

> This patch adds a -K / --kill option to ss that attempts to
> forcibly close matching sockets using SOCK_DESTROY.
>
> Because ss typically prints sockets instead of acting on them,
> and because the kernel only supports forcibly closing some types
> of sockets, the output of -K is as follows:
>
> - If closing the socket succeeds, the socket is printed.
> - If the kernel does not support forcibly closing this type of
> socket (e.g., if it's a UDP socket, or a TIME_WAIT socket),
> the socket is silently skipped.
> - If an error occurs (e.g., permission denied), the error is
> reported and ss exits.
>
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@google.com>

Both applied, thanks