Re: [PATCH 1/3] rxrpc: Don't permit use of connect() op and simplify sendmsg() op

[David Howells]

David Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Simplify the RxRPC user interface and remove the use of connect() to direct
> > client calls.  It is redundant given that sendmsg() can be given the target
> > address and calls to multiple targets are permitted from a client socket
> > and also from a service socket.
> 
> You can't just change completely the socket semantics for your
> protocol like this, every single userland application is going to
> break.
> 
> Sorry, there is no way I am applying changes like this.

Okay, fair enough.[*]

David

[*] I could point out that there is only one (under construction) userspace
application that uses this - and that doesn't use connect - but I can't quite
be 100% sure of that, so your point stands.