Re: writev() BUGS!

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Wed, 2 Jun 1999 05:57:54 -0700


Date: Sat, 22 May 1999 08:17:24 -0400 (EDT)
From: HighWind Software Information <info@highwind.com>

In any case, ::writev() does sometimes perform a partial write
on a blocking socket, that is a BUG.

No, it is by no means a bug, it is perfectly fine behavior, and your
application must check for and deal with this case.

It is not getting fixed, because there is nothing to fix.

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com

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