Re: kernel bug in socketpair()

[Glenn Fowler <gsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 11:23:07 -0700 David S. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Jul 2003 14:14:57 -0400 (EDT)
> Glenn Fowler <gsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > named sockets seem a little heavyweight for this application

> I think it'll be cheaper than unnamed unix sockets and
> groveling in /proc/*/fd/

> And even if there is a minor performance issue, you'll more than get
> that back due to the portability gain. :-)

named unix sockets reside in the fs namespace, no?
so they must be linked to a dir before use and unlinked after use
the unlink after use would be particularly tricky for the parent process
implementing
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