Re: [PATCH v2] net-tcp: TCP/IP stack bypass for loopback connections

From: Bill Fink <redacted>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 01:24:28 -0400

I see no reason to make it obtuse rather than something more
descriptive of its function (as opposed to how it's implemented).

I want to live in a world where things are allowed to have some
character, and some slightly amusing names.  And that's why we'll
call it TCP friends, thank you very much.

I do have some concern that since the loopback path through the
TCP stack won't be heavily exercised anymore, it may be more likely
for bugs or performance degradations to creep into that code.

Are you kidding me?  Most people do not use loopback TCP, they use
TCP to a real external entity.  TCP friends only kicks in for
loopback connections.

So, like all of your other concerns, this one is meritless.