I noticed that the backlog value that can be specified with listen() is limited by the value of SOMAXCONN which is defined as 128 in include/linux/socket.h. Why is it not defined as a runtime configurable value that can be modified using either sysctl or /proc interface? Is the value 128 big enough for a high end webserver? Or is the kernel compiled with a higher SOMAXCONN for such cases? Thanks Sridhar - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
