Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch breaks?
Michael Richardson <mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca> Mon, 27 July 2009 17:01 UTC
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Subject: Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch breaks?
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >>>>> "Nicolas" == Nicolas Williams <Nicolas.Williams@sun.com> writes: >> My conclusion is that the API ought to provide information for >> the application about the connection latching, and it just does >> not seem to be there. If you can point me to a discussion of >> this topic on the WG mail list, then I'll clear. I'm not trying >> to alter consensus, but I do want to make sure that this topic >> was considered. Nicolas> APIs are nice, but existing apps won't use them until Nicolas> updated, and anyways, connection latching adds value even Nicolas> without adding APIs, which means we need a default response Nicolas> to latch breaks in the absence of new APIs (either because Nicolas> not implemented or not used). So, errno value from write(2) is not a new API. A new errno value should provide enough information, I think. However, an application might know what to do with ETIMEOUT, while it would not know what to do with EUNLATCHED or some such.... - -- ] Y'avait une poule de jammé dans l'muffler!!!!!!!!! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ ] h("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, ruby guy"); [ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Finger me for keys iQEVAwUBSm3dYoCLcPvd0N1lAQLnNQf8CNCa4TWJY5I/TvtAH4+eyLbHzyO+I/dp /l5Zcs3Ld16qhYh9OeWogBT2wCeicdx3cL1PdoyibTOfMw/PPxUSY+HKWyR78Ky5 afHA8JxRypvpLqULU7i2jCfwNJZbQi4wojPYl9oeQGAKKmwX3hsBQxKtWY5OWLh+ ExHXfZpGfvauG+LVYHMSNATJEveESpgqRXQyxUqGEChblWVFANHjX/OLJTRCZ7vQ xXhI2rGIlBOwl9ssAx4vejDR0js8vQ98RXy7XiVJhGZq6+hklOuZfmW44T4iHUNk emB7EpEWwO7MshVPRCxARIXjICaG2xnQ0XR9ZwSvbtNMsS1vCGVeVg== =5max -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
- [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch break… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Mike Eisler
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Mike Eisler
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Julien Laganier
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Mike Eisler
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Mike Eisler
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Laganier, Julien
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Laganier, Julien
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Mike Eisler
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Laganier, Julien
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Laganier, Julien
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Nicolas Williams
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Laganier, Julien
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Michael Richardson
- Re: [btns] Q: How to deal with connection latch b… Nicolas Williams