Timeouts In Blocking Socket Code

[pphaneuf]

I was wondering how to handle timeouts correctly while blocked for I/O on sockets, with as few system calls as possible.

Thanks to slamb for reminding me of SO_SNDTIMEO/SO_RCVTIMEO! Combined with recv() letting me do short reads, I think I've got what I need for something completely portable.

Comments

You forgot to take into account this:

[azrhey.livejournal.com]

Re: You forgot to take into account this:

[skjalm.livejournal.com]

I'm sure someone could come up with some really bad jokes that involve blocking her I/O ports...

don't be evil

[muadda.livejournal.com]

damn... first, threads, and now, blocking socket and synchronization with timeouts... I don't recognize you, Pierre! :-)