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unix-dgram reliability (#147)
Adjusted description to state that unix domain sockets are reliable. PR belongs to the following issue: #130
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id: adm-src-unix
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description: >-
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The unix-stream() and unix-dgram() drivers open an AF_UNIX socket and
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start listening on it for messages. The unix-stream() driver is
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primarily used on Linux and uses SOCK_STREAM semantics (connection
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oriented, no messages are lost), while unix-dgram() is used on BSDs and
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uses SOCK_DGRAM semantics: this may result in lost local messages if
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start listening on it for messages. On Linux both the unix-stream() and unix-dgram() drivers are used and are always reliable. The unix-stream() driver uses SOCK_STREAM semantics (connection
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oriented, no messages are lost),
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while unix-dgram() is used on BSDs and uses SOCK_DGRAM semantics: this may result in lost local messages if
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the system is overloaded.
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