linux-kernel - Re: AF_BUS socket address family

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Message-ID: <20120630001350.GS21968@kvack.org>
Date:	Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:13:50 -0400
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Vincent Sanders <vincent.sanders@...labora.co.uk>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: AF_BUS socket address family

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 12:42:30AM +0100, Vincent Sanders wrote:
> The current users are suffering from the issues outlined in my
> introductory mail all the time. These issues are caused by emulating an
> IPC system over AF_UNIX in userspace.

Nothing in your introductory statements indicate how your requirements 
can't be met through a hybrid socket + shared memory solution.  The IPC 
facilities of the kernel are already quite rich, and sufficient for 
building many kinds of complex systems.  What's so different about DBus' 
requirements?

		-ben
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