On Wed, 29 Oct 2003 10:58:09 -0800
"David S. Miller" [off-list ref] wrote:

On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 22:58:00 -0800
David Mosberger [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

You obviously want some control over how big the listen queue can
grow, but it seems to me that a sysctl would be in place.  I found
this patch to do that, but no reaction to it:

  http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0205.0/1287.html

I think I'm going to apply this patch.

People can then set the limit to what they want, the default
stays at 128, and the SOMAXCONN define itself does not change.

Ok David?

Can I respectfully ask to name the sysctl net/core/somaxconn  ? 

That is the name used in the SuSE/UL kernels and has been shipping for some time
and already has a big user base, and there is no reason to break compatibility
for them.

Thanks,

-Andi