David Miller wrote:
From: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2007 11:12:32 +1100
[INET]: Export non-blocking flags to proto connect call
Previously we made connect(2) block on IPsec SA resolution. This is
good in general but not desirable for non-blocking sockets.
To fix this properly we'd need to implement the larval IPsec dst stuff
that we talked about. For now let's just revert to the old behaviour
on non-blocking sockets.
Signed-off-by: Herbert Xu <[email protected]>
We made an explicit decision not to do things this way.
Non-blocking has a meaning dependant upon the xfrm_larval_drop sysctl
setting, and this is across the board. If xfrm_larval_drop is zero,
non-blocking semantics do not extend to IPSEC route resolution,
otherwise it does.
If he sets this sysctl to "1" as I detailed in my reply, he'll
get the behavior he wants.
I think you for the hint, but I would hardly call this sentence
"detailed" in terms of being a cookbook solution to the problem.
--
Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
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the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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