Re: BUG: SO_LINGER + shutdown() does not block?

From: Chris Evans (chris@scary.beasts.org)
Date: Sun Feb 11 2001 - 15:41:04 EST


[cc: Andi]

On Sun, 11 Feb 2001 kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru wrote:

> Hello!
>
> > I'm not seeing shutdown(2) block on a TCP socket. This is Linux kernel
> > 2.2.16 (RH7.0). Is this a kernel bug, a documentation bug,
>
> Man page is wrong.

Yes, man socket(7) seems to be wrong.

I don't have access to a genuine BSD at the moment, but from man pages:
- HP/UX specifically states that SO_LINGER has no effect on shutdown()
- Solaris SO_LINGER only mentions that close() is affected.
- Likewise FreeBSD

Cheers
Chris

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