Re: tcpdrop(8) for DragonFly

[Hiten Pandya <hmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andre Nathan wrote:
> >    There is one more issue, and that is how to safely operating on sockets
> >    owned by other processes.  The socket structure is not ref-counted so
> >    there's a race between finding and operating on the socket via the
> >    sysctl, and the program that owns the socket trying to close it at the
> >    same time.
>
>
> I still need to think about this one... so far, no ideas :\
>
>
> Andre

	I have not even looked at this code, but if a socket is used by
	a process, it will have an 'fd', otherwise it won't, that will
	atleast give you an indication.  This is just a general note.

	(I am still recovering... so don't quote my stuff yet :-))

		-Hiten