svn commit: samba r4289 - branches/SAMBA_3_0/source/lib trunk /source/lib

[Green, Paul]

Volker Lendecke wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 06:42:59PM +0000, gd at samba.org wrote:
> > This fixes a deadlock-situation when ldapsam is used with the ldapi
> > interface: getpeername won't fail while trying to detect dead
> 
> I think a failing getpeername just *will* fail as an 
> indication of a unix domain socket whose other end
> has disconnected. 
> 
> Anybody out here who knows the standard way to detect a 
> socket who is not connected anymore just because the
> other end has closed the connection?

My reading of Stevens, Fenner & Rudoff suggests that if the other end closes
a socket you should get end-of-file after you have read any pending data.

PG