netdev - Re: [Bug 106241] New: shutdown(3)/close(3) behaviour is incorrect for sockets in accept(3)

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Message-ID: <1445515858.22974.113.camel@edumazet-glaptop2.roam.corp.google.com>
Date:	Thu, 22 Oct 2015 05:10:58 -0700
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison@...cle.com>
Cc:	Casper.Dik@...cle.com, David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	viro@...IV.linux.org.uk, stephen@...workplumber.org,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, dholland-tech@...bsd.org
Subject: Re: [Bug 106241] New: shutdown(3)/close(3) behaviour is incorrect
 for sockets in accept(3)

On Thu, 2015-10-22 at 12:58 +0100, Alan Burlison wrote:
> On 22/10/2015 12:30, Eric Dumazet wrote:
> 
> > We absolutely do not _want_ to do this just so that linux becomes slower
> > to the point Solaris can compete, or you guys can avoid some work.
> 
> Sentiments such as that really have no place in a discussion that's been 
> focussed primarily on the behaviour of interfaces, albeit with 
> digressions into the potential performance impacts. The discussion has 
> been cordial and I for one appreciate Al Viro's posts on the subject, 
> from which I've leaned a lot. Can we please keep it that way? Thanks.

Certainly not.

I am a major linux networking developper and wont accept linux is
hijacked by guys who never contributed to it, just so it meets their
unreasonable expectations.

We absolutely care about performance. And I do not care you focus on
POSIX crap.


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