Re: [GIT PULL] kdbus for 4.1-rc1

[Al Viro]

On Wed, Apr 15, 2015 at 03:11:17PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:

> This is functionally identical to passing AF_UNIX socket fds over
> SCM_RIGHTS, but I want something much lighter weight.

Most of the weight in SCM_RIGHTS comes from the fact that you can
pass AF_UNIX sockets over it, which requires a garbage collector.
Exclude that and suddenly it becomes very cheap...
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