# \[bpf-next PATCH 6/7\] bpf: sockmap put client sockets in blocking mode

- From: John Fastabend \<john.fastabend@gmail.com\>
- Date: 2018-01-08 18:06:42 
- List: netdev
- Page: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/01/11079458
- Thread: https://ratatoskr.run/netdev/2018/01/11079452/t.md

```text
Put client sockets in blocking mode otherwise with sendmsg tests
its easy to overrun the socket buffers which results in the test
being aborted.

The original non-blocking was added to handle listen/accept with
a single thread the client/accepted sockets do not need to be
non-blocking.

Signed-off-by: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@gmail.com>
---
 samples/sockmap/sockmap_user.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/samples/sockmap/sockmap_user.c b/samples/sockmap/sockmap_user.c
index bae85f8..0d8950f 100644
--- a/samples/sockmap/sockmap_user.c
+++ b/samples/sockmap/sockmap_user.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int sockmap_init_sockets(void)
 	}
 
 	/* Non-blocking sockets */
-	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
 		err = ioctl(*fds[i], FIONBIO, (char *)&one);
 		if (err < 0) {
 			perror("ioctl s1 failed()");
```
