From: Andi Kleen [mailto:[email protected]]
> > # man 7 ip
> > ..
> > Note that TCP has no error queue; MSG_ERRQUEUE is
> > illegal on SOCK_STREAM sockets. Thus all errors are returned by
> > socket function return or SO_ERROR only.
> >
> > Maybe the man page is wrong? That's from my FC 3 install.
>
> The sentence is correct, but TCP has a IP_RECVERR that works
> differently without a queue. Basically it doesn't delay the error
> reporting for incoming ICMPs to the last retransmit, but reports
> them immediately. This is documented in tcp(7)
I read that too, but didn't know which one was correct, so I erred on
the side of caution and believed ip(7).
Good to know, I'll look into that. Thanks.
..Stu
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