Re: kernel bug in socketpair()

["David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 15:29:03 -0400 (EDT)
Glenn Fowler <gsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> linux has ioctl(I_PEEK) for stream devices and recv() for sockets,
> and neither of these work on pipes; if there is a linux alternative
> for pipes then we'd be glad to use it

Alan mentioned the pure-socket namespace we have for named unix
sockets, but I don't think you can actually use it for your
problem unfortunately.