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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2003 08:36:59 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru>
Cc:        arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sendfile(2) SF_NOPUSH flag proposal
Message-ID:  <3ED6291B.36F382F@mindspring.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305291153300.52120-100000@is>

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Igor Sysoev wrote:
> On Wed, 28 May 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:
> > Igor Sysoev wrote:
> > > > will result in you sleeping with PRUS_MORETOCOME set, but with
> > > > no more being sent because the send buffer doesn't get emptied,
> > > > as it's waiting for more data to send.
> > >
> > > But as I understand PRUS_MORETOCOME is not set if socket is non-blocking.
> >
> > Then the bug is still not fixed by setting it, since your total
> > send size might be less than `sysctl net.inet.tcp.sendspace`.
> 
> Why ? We can reset TF_MORETOCOME if the sending is completed.

It's called a "deadly embrace" deadlock.  Look it up.

-- Terry



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