Hello, I have a quick question regarding packet sockets in the Linux kernel: What happens with network data if the userspace application doesn't read data as fast as the NIC receives data? This is especially of interest in case of highspeed interfaces in promiscuous mode. Are packets queued to some extent by the kernel or are packets generally dropped in the overload case so that the application never sees them? Regards, Udo. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
