Re: Linux V2.1.128 localhost performance

Steven Roberts (strobert@ata-sd.com)
Thu, 19 Nov 1998 17:14:22 -0800

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Tigran Aivazian wrote:
>
> On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
>
> ...
> > One can't `ping -f localhost` anymore either. Is this a bug or a
> > feature? If a feature, was X considered?
> ...
>
> Richard,
>
> I thought X uses PF_UNIX (UNIX domain) sockets rather than TCP to localhost
> (unless one is insisting by doing DISPLAY=localhost:0.0), so although
> performance degradation is always bad, X is not under any threat.
>
> I also noticed 98% packet loss when doing ping -f localhost on 2.1.127.
>
> Regards,
> Tigran.

correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there a thread about this a few
months back that resolved the ping -f localhost as a ping bug.

Something about ping counted the ICMP replies as sends as well?

Regards,
Steve

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