[PATCH 3/8] [v2] wsdapi: Add support for sending messages via UDP multicast.

[Huw Davies]

On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 11:11:11AM +0000, Owen Rudge wrote:
> > I wonder whether we really want a new thread / message.  This should probably be moved
> > to a thread pool api, but perhaps that can happen later on.
>
> Mainly because on systems with a several network interfaces, this
> can result in the function call taking a long time, due to the
> delays enforced by the WSD/SOAP specifications. Sending messages
> simultaneously on several threads speeds this up considerably. On
> Windows the API appears to return near-instantly so I presume it's
> doing the same.

I realise it needs to be done in a background thread.  I was
commenting that creating a *new* thread for each message seems
expensive, but this can probably wait for later.

Huw.