From: Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:54:00 -0800
> > So we're not "disallowing" a backlog argument of zero to > > listen(). We'll accept that just fine, the only thing that > > happens is that you'll get what you ask for, that being > > no connections :-) > > I'm not sure where HP-UX inherited the 0 = 1 bit - perhaps from BSD, nor > am I sure there is official chapter and verse, but: > > <excerpt> > backlog is limited to the range of 0 to SOMAXCONN, which is defined in > <sys/socket.h>. SOMAXCONN is currently set to 4096. If any other > value is specified, the system automatically assigns the closest value > within the range. A backlog of 0 specifies only 1 pending > connection is allowed at any given time. > </excerpt> > > I don't have a Solaris, BSD or AIX manpage for listen handy to check > them but would not be surprised to see they are similar. Ok, that seals the deal for me, I'll revert the change :) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
