netdev - Re: [PATCH 2.6.23-rc6 Resending] NETWORKING : Edge Triggered EPOLLOUT events get missed for TCP sockets

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0709191701050.2989@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Wed, 19 Sep 2007 22:43:21 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Nagendra Tomar <tomer_iisc@...oo.com>
cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.23-rc6 Resending] NETWORKING : Edge Triggered EPOLLOUT
 events get missed for TCP sockets

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007, Nagendra Tomar wrote:

> Definitely not ! 
> 
> The point is that the "tcp write space available" 
> wakeup does not get called if SOCK_NOSPACE bit is not set. This was
> fine when the wakeup was merely a wakeup (since SOCK_NOSPACE bit 
> indicated that someone really cared abt the wakeup). Now after the
> introduction of callback'ed wakeups, we might have some work to
> do inside the callback even if there is nobody interested in the wakeup
> at that point of time. 
> 
> In this particular case the ep_poll_callback is not getting called and
> hence the socket fd is not getting added to the ready list.

I know, I saw the patch. I was just commenting the point where DaveM was 
heading to ;)
This things needs to be looked at a little bit more deeply.


- Davide


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