netdev - Re: [PATCH]: Revert accept queue backlog change.

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Message-ID: <20070307081907.GA2268@ff.dom.local>
Date:	Wed, 7 Mar 2007 09:19:07 +0100
From:	Jarek Poplawski <jarkao2@...pl>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	weid@...css.fujitsu.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Revert accept queue backlog change.

On 06-03-2007 20:19, David Miller wrote:
> Wei, I have to revert your change, it is incorrect as pointed
> out by other people here on netdev.
> 
> BSD sockets basically define the 'backlog' parameter to listen()
> to mean "allow backlog + 1" connections to be queued to the socket.
> This allows a backlog parameter of "0" to allow 1 connection, and
> there are real applications which do this.

Adding this comment somewhere shouldn't break anything,
I hope.

Regards,
Jarek P. 
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