netdev - Re: TCP partial write

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Message-ID: <4A368C1B.7030509@hp.com>
Date:	Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:59:55 -0700
From:	Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>
CC:	Paul Martin <srucnoc@...il.com>, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: TCP partial write

Stephen Hemminger wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:09:29 -0700
> Rick Jones <rick.jones2@...com> wrote:

>> And you should/must assume that at the other end, your recv/read calls will
>> return with between 0 and however many bytes you ask of them, with 0 meaning
>> the remote has said it has nothing left to give.
>>
> 
> 
> Actually on a blocking socket 0 means other end has closed.

Overly poetic wording on my part, using "said it has nothing left to give" to 
mean "other end has closed" :)

rick jones
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