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Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ?
From: William Herrin <bill () herrin us>
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 13:49:18 -0500
On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com> wrote:
On 03/01/2012 08:58 AM, William Herrin wrote:libc != kernel. I want to move the action into the standard libraries where [resolve and connect] can be done once and done well. A little kernel action on top to parallelize connection attempts where there are multiple candidate addresses would be gravy, but not required.connect(2) is a kernel level call just like open(2), etc. It may have a thin wrapper, but that's OS dependent, IIRC. man connect 2: "The connect() system call connects the socket referred to by the file descriptor..."
Then name the new one something else and document it in man section 3. Next objection? -Bill -- William D. Herrin ................ herrin () dirtside comĀ bill () herrin us 3005 Crane Dr. ...................... Web: <http://bill.herrin.us/> Falls Church, VA 22042-3004
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- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ?, (continued)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Owen DeLong (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? William Herrin (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Owen DeLong (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? William Herrin (Mar 02)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Owen DeLong (Mar 02)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Leo Bicknell (Mar 02)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Matt Addison (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Mark Andrews (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? William Herrin (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Michael Thomas (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? William Herrin (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Jared Mauch (Mar 02)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Owen DeLong (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? William Herrin (Mar 01)
- Re: dns and software, was Re: Reliable Cloud host ? Joe Greco (Mar 01)