re: Socket options KPI

hi elad,

could you explain what the purpose/benefit of this is?

thanks,


.mrg.

matthew green wrote:
> hi elad,
> 
> could you explain what the purpose/benefit of this is?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> 
> .mrg.

Instead of passing "struct mbuf" for everything
(socket options, various
socket addresses, etc.) I'd like to -- like done in FreeBSD
over 10
years ago -- use (the) proper types for everything.

-e.

On Sat, Jan 19, 2008 at 06:06:15AM +1100, matthew green
wrote:
> could you explain what the purpose/benefit of this is?

The use of mbufs for socket options is a micro optimisation
from the
time when no efficient memory allocator was present.

Joerg