> Hi, I am implementing a small BSD socket layer which supports only the =
> AF_INET family. I am wondering whether recvmsg() and sendmsg() calls are =
> required for the INET protocol family. I don't know if I should =
> implemented it or not. I have looked up some open source projects and =
> grepped for recvmsg and sendmsg calls but couldn't find any. How often =
> do people use recvmsg/sendmsg() calls (also readv()/writev()) in their =
> BSD socket based Internet applications? Is it safe NOT to implement =
> these functions for a INET socket?
These are used by applications that are implemented on top of UDP
and they're very useful. If I were a consumer of your product I'd be
pretty disappointed if these calls were not there.
Later,
George
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