Re: [PATCH] minor socket ioctl cleanup for 2.5.30

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 09:13:15PM +0400, kuznet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> No, this is not true. This creepy ioctl is specific to TCP
> (well, x.25 also uses SIGURG), which use kill*(sk->proc, SIGURG) directly.
> 
> Probably, it is better to move sk->proc to TCP private data,
> this ioctl to tcp_ioctl(). Or... find a way to get rid of this completely,
> not breaking compatibility with a few BSDish applications.

jamesm also has patches which remove sk->proc altogether and make TCP
use the normal fasync methods.  this ioctl then does an f_setown and
most of the creepiness is gone.  consider this patch a stepping-stone.

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