Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] [NETLINK]: Dont set socket error for failed event notifications

From: Patrick McHardy <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 20:09:31 +0200

Thomas Graf wrote:
> Setting a socket error on all sockets subscribed to a group
> if an event notificiation of said group fails due to memory
> pressure only confuses applications and is of no use. 
> 
> This patch removes it all together.

I disagree with this patch, how else are applications supposed
to know when they missed an update and are not in sync anymore?
I actually have a half-finished patch to add this in some spots
where its missing (and uses better error codes).