netdev - Re: [iproute PATCH v4 2/2] ss: support closing inet sockets via SOCK

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Message-ID: <20160118114828.2497a0f6@xeon-e3>
Date:	Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:48:28 -0800
From:	Stephen Hemminger <stephen@...workplumber.org>
To:	Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, eric.dumazet@...il.com,
	zenczykowski@...il.com
Subject: Re: [iproute PATCH v4 2/2] ss: support closing inet sockets via
 SOCK_DESTROY.

On Fri,  8 Jan 2016 17:32:37 +0900
Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com> wrote:

> This patch adds a -K / --kill option to ss that attempts to
> forcibly close matching sockets using SOCK_DESTROY.
> 
> Because ss typically prints sockets instead of acting on them,
> and because the kernel only supports forcibly closing some types
> of sockets, the output of -K is as follows:
> 
> - If closing the socket succeeds, the socket is printed.
> - If the kernel does not support forcibly closing this type of
>   socket (e.g., if it's a UDP socket, or a TIME_WAIT socket),
>   the socket is silently skipped.
> - If an error occurs (e.g., permission denied), the error is
>   reported and ss exits.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Colitti <lorenzo@...gle.com>

Both applied, thanks