Subject: Re: Melting down your network [Subject changed]
To: Christos Zoulas <christos@zoulas.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 03/28/2005 18:33:33
On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:44 PM, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> The point of the discussion is the behavior of send() on a full
> interface. If an application decided to flood the network, it is
> not the job of the kernel to stop it (in UDP).
OK, fine.
It is my opinion that send(2) behaves properly as-is. Our behavior
seems to be specifically allowed by SUSv3.
-- thorpej