what does the function "backlog=1024" exactly do?

On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 11:02 PM, egill <nginx-forum@nginx.us> wrote:
> Igor Sysoev Wrote:
> -------------------------------------------------------
>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 06:25:52PM -0400, egill
>> wrote:
>
>>
>> Try to set the backlog option for listening
>> socket:
>>
>>        listen  80  backlog=1024;
>> or
>>        listen  [::]:80  backlog=1024;
>>
>>
>> --
>> Igor Sysoev
>>
>
> I set the backlog for the IPv6 listen entry to 1024 and it works like a
> charm.
>
> Excellent, thanks for your help!
>
> Kind regards,
> Egill R.
>
> Posted at Nginx Forum: http://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,192128,192297#msg-192297
>
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