[ofa-general] [PATCH 0/26] Reliable Datagram Sockets (RDS), take 2

[Andi Kleen]

Andy Grover <andy.grover at oracle.com> writes:

> This patchset against net-next adds support for RDS sockets. RDS is an
> Oracle-originated protocol used to send IPC datagrams (up to 1MB)
> reliably, and is used currently in Oracle RAC and Exadata products. 

Perhaps I missed it earlier, but what is the rationale for putting 
this as a socket type into the kernel? I assume they also work
directly as implemented in user space using raw sockets or similar, 
don't they?

-Andi

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