Abstract unix sockets on Linux platform
Open
api design
enhancement
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 4.1k
- Forks
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Description
This would be at least very useful for D-Bus on Linux. Although newer software/distros (systemd-based) do not make use of abstract sockets, `dbus-daemon` by default still uses abstract unix sockets. It would be nice to support these for backwards compitibility. There is [an issue on std ](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/42048)for this as well with more details.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the linked Rust std issue and the existing Unix socket entry points in async-std. Compare current Linux socket behavior with dbus-daemon's abstract socket usage, then verify support with focused Linux tests covering abstract socket addresses.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- networking, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100