Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1998-10,: Re: tcp writev() bug in 2.1.x

# Re: tcp writev() bug in 2.1.x

Chris Evans (chris@ferret.lmh.ox.ac.uk)
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:44:47 +0000 (GMT)

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On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, David S. Miller wrote:

> Date: Thu, 5 Mar 1998 22:35:37 -0800 (PST)
> From: Dean Gaudet <dgaudet-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org>
>
> Eric Schenk fixed this bug in 2.0.31. It's still in 2.1.x. The
> attached test-writev.c program will send three 100byte buffers
> using writev() and with a 2.1.x kernel (or 2.0.x x<31) this will
> cause three segments to be put on the wire.
>
> This is now fixed in the latest TCP patch set I sent to Linus last
> night, look for it in the next pre90.

Bearing in mind the large network diffs (ie. fixes) in 2.0.recent, we'd
better make sure they all get forward-ported before 2.2 ;-)

Chris

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