On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 10:38:41PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 04:19:55PM -0400, David Shaw wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Run the attached program under 2.0.36 and you get:
> > Setting socket receive buffer size to 1024
> > The socket receive buffer size was set to 1024
> >
> > Run it under 2.2.14 and you get:
> > Setting socket receive buffer size to 1024
> > The socket receive buffer size was set to 2048
> >
> > The code in question (/usr/src/linux/net/core/sock.c) seems to be very
> > clear - it doubles the value.
> >
> > What do you think - bug? Intentional? Other?
>
> Intentional.
Ah. So if I want a buffer size of X should I ask for X/2, or should I
continue to ask for X?
What was the intention behind the change?
David
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