> If you don't attach some semantics to SO_SNDBUF even if there are no
> standards, you basically make it a completely useless call, since nobody
> can know what value you are supposed to give.
That's not the Linux's fault.
> If it was a COMPLETELY meaningless number, why did you bother fudging it
> on set ? (yes, I know, existing programs. Don't they deserve the same
> courtesy for get ?)
It was necessary to fudge it for set to preserve existing programs.
> So why not end this recuring thread by just fudging the get by the same
> factor as set ? It still remains an ill-defined number, but at least
> there will be consistency between in and out.
Because right now, the value you get actually means something. There is no
sense in deliberately returning a meaningless number.
DS
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