Jonathan Lemon:
> On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 10:38:17AM -0500, Wietse Venema wrote:
> > If the result of connect() write() close() depends on whether
> > accept() happens after or before close(), then the behavior is
> > broken. The client has received a successful return from write()
> > and close(). The system is not supposed to lose the data, period.
>
> What you seem to be missing here is that the behavior described
> above is ONLY specific to UNIX-DOMAIN sockets. The description
> above is generally (but not always) true for the TCP/IP protocol.
The problem is observed with UNIX-domain sockets.
> Data CAN be lost if the TCP connection is RST. It has nothing to
> do with the ordering of accept() with respect to close().
Please educate me: how would RST come into this discussion at all?
The client does connect() write() close(), there is no forced
connection termination involved at all.
Wietse
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