linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] sctp: if backlog is 0, listening shall not be deactivated.

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:37:29 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Vlad Yasevich <vladislav.yasevich@...com>
Cc:	Pierre Habouzit <pierre.habouzit@...ersec.com>,
	Wei Yongjun <yjwei@...fujitsu.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sctp: if backlog is 0, listening shall not be
 deactivated.

> I will submit a requirest to change this behavior in the spec, but I am not
> terribly optimistic.  This has been specified for a very long time and there
> might be applications taking advantage of the ability to shut listing off.
> 
> At this time, let's leave this as is.  A well written application should specify
> the listen backlog anyway, otherwise it's depending on the "may" language in the
> Posix spec and will not get consistent behavior across different systems.

Seems fair enough.
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