EOF and zero-length packets?
From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <hidden>
Date: 2008-12-02 18:57:50
From: Rémi Denis-Courmont <hidden>
Date: 2008-12-02 18:57:50
Hello, When dealing with SOCK_STREAM sockets, a zero read means the other side has shut down the connection, and there will be no more incoming data. When dealing with SOCK_DGRAM/SOCK_RAW sockets, a zero read means we got an empty packet, and we should keep on reading. What about SOCK_DCCP? It seems both scenarios yield zero, which is, hmm, problematic from userland. Is checking for POLLHUP in revents the recommended disambiguation? that seems a bit backward to me :( -- Rémi Denis-Courmont http://www.remlab.net/