Hello! > Isn't a socket freed until all skb are handled? In which case the limit on > the number of open > files limits the total memory usage? (Same as with streaming sockets?)
Alas. Number of closed sockets is not limited. Actually, it is limited by sk_max_ack_backlog*max_files, which is a lot. The problem is specific for unconnected datagram sockets (predicate unix_peer(other) != sk) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html