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Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 01:59:49 -0800
From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
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Subject: Re: somaxconn and foot removal
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* Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> [010211 01:55] wrote:
> The sysctl for somaxconn is an int, however the queue limits in the 
> socket structures are 'short' this can cause some bad behavior if
> one sets somaxconn to more than 32k.
> 
> A) So, do we bump the sockets to use 'int' for so->so_qlimit?
> B) Do we fix solisten() to compensate? 
> C) Or de we fix the sysctl (patch below)?
> 
> I have patches for A and C.

Also note that I'd like to MFC this shortly which is why i'm a bit
worried about mucking with socket/xsocket.  I could use A for -current
and C for -stable though.  Let me know what sounds the best, also
for C should I log(LOG_NOTICE or something?  EINVAL is a bit cryptic.

> (untested patch for A)
> Index: socketvar.h
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/sys/sys/socketvar.h,v
> retrieving revision 1.55
> diff -u -r1.55 socketvar.h

-- 
-Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org]
"I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk."


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