On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, YOSHIFUJI Hideaki / [iso-2022-jp] 吉藤英明 wrote:
> In article <Pine.LNX.4.44.0307111301520.27036-100000@xxxxxxxxxx> (at Fri, 11
> Jul 2003 13:03:54 +0300 (EEST)), Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx> says:
>
> > > We have but we cannot; it is refcnt'ed.
> >
> > I don't understand what you mean. Refcnt'ed by a userland process, so
> > that if you'd want the subnet-router anycast address, the whole time a
> > process (like radvd) should be running.. or what?
>
> Kernel has refcnt for subnet router anycast address.
> Ref/dereference from userspace is done via socket.
> You cannot derefer subnet router anycast address
> from userspace if the socket hasn't refered it.
So? The point is that subnet router anycast address *could* be referenced
explicitly by a user-land socket (e.g. by radvd), not kernel at all.
--
Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the
Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds."
Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings
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