What value of backlog should I use?

Question

I read the man 2 listen.

I don\'t understand what is the backlog value, it says

The backlog argument defines the maximum length to which the queu

Answer 1

It's a fight between clients trying to connect. pushing accept requests onto the queue, and the accept thread/s sucking them off. Usually, the threads win. I usually set at 32, but it's not usually an important parameter.