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Re: History of SO_LINGER Socket Option

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Hi,
Does this BUG exists also in Linux kernel 2.6.x/3.x?

Lenky Gao
On Thursday, July 12, 2001 12:17:27 PM UTC+8, Phillip Soltan wrote:
> I have generally found Linux networking to be a superset of BSD networking.
> The one exception I've come across is the SO_LINGER socket option.  If
> "linger" is turned on, it is supposed to abort the TCP connection if there
> is still data left to send after the linger time has completed.  This is my
> understanding based on Richard Steven's  book "Unix Network Programming".
> Linux (RH6.2/2.2.14 kernel), on the other hand, returns from "close" and
> continues to transmit what is left in the send queue.
> 
> Does anyone know the history of the SO_LINGER socket option?  Was this a
> purposeful decision or an oversight?  Am I missing something?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Phillip Soltan

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