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authorGerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk>2006-09-22 09:33:58 +0100
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>2006-09-24 17:49:26 -0300
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[DCCP]: Allow default/fallback service code.
This has been discussed on dccp@vger and removes the necessity for applications to supply service codes in each and every case. If an application does not want to provide a service code, that's fine, it will be given 0. Otherwise, service codes can be set via socket options as before. This patch has been tested using various client/server configurations (including listening on multiple service codes). Signed-off-by: Gerrit Renker <gerrit@erg.abdn.ac.uk> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
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DCCP protocol
============
-Last updated: 10 November 2005
Contents
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@@ -42,8 +41,11 @@ Socket options
DCCP_SOCKOPT_PACKET_SIZE is used for CCID3 to set default packet size for
calculations.
-DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVICE sets the service. This is compulsory as per the
-specification. If you don't set it you will get EPROTO.
+DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVICE sets the service. The specification mandates use of
+service codes (RFC 4340, sec. 8.1.2); if this socket option is not set,
+the socket will fall back to 0 (which means that no meaningful service code
+is present). Connecting sockets set at most one service option; for
+listening sockets, multiple service codes can be specified.
Notes
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