rust-lang / rust-lang/socket2

Add support for sendmmsg

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Rust
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Description

Right now socket2 only supports sendmsg, it would be nice if it also supports sendmmsg

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Research direction

The issue points to socket2's existing sendmsg support and the sendmmsg socket API, but names no files or tests. Start by locating the sendmsg implementation and checking the platform API requirements; done means exposing sendmmsg with appropriate platform handling and behavior consistent with sendmsg.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
networking
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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