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46Socket options 46Socket options
47============== 47==============
48DCCP_SOCKOPT_QPOLICY_ID sets the dequeuing policy for outgoing packets. It takes
49a policy ID as argument and can only be set before the connection (i.e. changes
50during an established connection are not supported). Currently, two policies are
51defined: the "simple" policy (DCCPQ_POLICY_SIMPLE), which does nothing special,
52and a priority-based variant (DCCPQ_POLICY_PRIO). The latter allows to pass an
53u32 priority value as ancillary data to sendmsg(), where higher numbers indicate
54a higher packet priority (similar to SO_PRIORITY). This ancillary data needs to
55be formatted using a cmsg(3) message header filled in as follows:
56 cmsg->cmsg_level = SOL_DCCP;
57 cmsg->cmsg_type = DCCP_SCM_PRIORITY;
58 cmsg->cmsg_len = CMSG_LEN(sizeof(uint32_t)); /* or CMSG_LEN(4) */
59
60DCCP_SOCKOPT_QPOLICY_TXQLEN sets the maximum length of the output queue. A zero
61value is always interpreted as unbounded queue length. If different from zero,
62the interpretation of this parameter depends on the current dequeuing policy
63(see above): the "simple" policy will enforce a fixed queue size by returning
64EAGAIN, whereas the "prio" policy enforces a fixed queue length by dropping the
65lowest-priority packet first. The default value for this parameter is
66initialised from /proc/sys/net/dccp/default/tx_qlen.
48 67
49DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVICE sets the service. The specification mandates use of 68DCCP_SOCKOPT_SERVICE sets the service. The specification mandates use of
50service codes (RFC 4340, sec. 8.1.2); if this socket option is not set, 69service codes (RFC 4340, sec. 8.1.2); if this socket option is not set,