netdev - Re: sockets affected by IPsec always block (2.6.23)

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Date:	Wed, 5 Dec 2007 17:51:32 +1100
From:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	simon@...e.lp0.eu, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sockets affected by IPsec always block (2.6.23)

On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 10:30:23PM -0800, David Miller wrote:
> 
> We made an explicit decision not to do things this way.

Thanks for pointing this out.

> Non-blocking has a meaning dependant upon the xfrm_larval_drop sysctl
> setting, and this is across the board.  If xfrm_larval_drop is zero,
> non-blocking semantics do not extend to IPSEC route resolution,
> otherwise it does.
> 
> If he sets this sysctl to "1" as I detailed in my reply, he'll
> get the behavior he wants.

Does anybody actually need the 0 setting? What would we break if
the default became 1?

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