[MEDIUM] splice: add hints to support older buggy kernels
Kernels before 2.6.27.13 would have splice() return EAGAIN on shutdown.
By adding a few tricks, we can deal with the situation. If splice()
returns EAGAIN and the pipe is empty, then fallback to recv() which
will be able to check if it's an end of connection or not.
The advantage of this method is that it remains transparent for good
kernels since there is no reason that epoll() will return EPOLLIN
without anything to read, and even if it would happen, the recv()
overhead on this check is minimal.
diff --git a/src/stream_sock.c b/src/stream_sock.c
index bcdb277..47fd8fa 100644
--- a/src/stream_sock.c
+++ b/src/stream_sock.c
@@ -148,51 +148,11 @@
SPLICE_F_MOVE|SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK);
if (ret <= 0) {
-#ifdef SPLICE_OLD_KERNEL_WORKAROUND
- /* This part contains a lot of tricks for kernels before 2.6.29-rc1
- * where splice() did erroneously return -EAGAIN upon shutdown.
- */
if (ret == 0) {
- si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
- retval = 1;
- break;
- }
-
- if (errno == EAGAIN) {
- char dummy;
- /* it can mean either that the socket got a shutdown read,
- * or that it has no available data to read.
- */
- ret = recv(fd, &dummy, sizeof dummy,
- MSG_PEEK|MSG_DONTWAIT|MSG_NOSIGNAL);
- if (!ret) {
- /* connection closed */
- b->flags |= BF_READ_NULL;
- si->flags &= ~SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
- retval = 1; /* no need for further polling */
- break;
- }
- /* sometimes, splice() will return -1/EAGAIN while recv() will return 1.
- * Thus, it means we have to wait for more room to be left in the pipe
- * by the other end.
+ /* connection closed. This is only detected by
+ * recent kernels (>= 2.6.27.13).
*/
- if (ret > 0) {
- si->flags |= SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
- retval = 1;
- break;
- }
-
- /* we need a new flag : SI_FL_WAIT_RECV */
- retval = 0;
- break;
- }
-#else
- /* this part is OK with kernel >= 2.6.29-rc1 */
-
- if (ret == 0) {
- /* connection closed */
b->flags |= BF_READ_NULL;
- si->flags &= ~SI_FL_WAIT_ROOM;
retval = 1; /* no need for further polling */
break;
}
@@ -201,6 +161,7 @@
/* there are two reasons for EAGAIN :
* - nothing in the socket buffer (standard)
* - pipe is full
+ * - the connection is closed (kernel < 2.6.27.13)
* Since we don't know if pipe is full, we'll
* stop if the pipe is not empty. Anyway, we
* will almost always fill/empty the pipe.
@@ -212,11 +173,15 @@
break;
}
- /* note that we'd need a new flag : SI_FL_WAIT_RECV */
- retval = 0;
+ /* We don't know if the connection was closed.
+ * But if we're called upon POLLIN with an empty
+ * pipe and get EAGAIN, it is suspect enought to
+ * try to fall back to the normal recv scheme
+ * which will be able to deal with the situation.
+ */
+ retval = -1;
break;
}
-#endif
/* here we have another error */
si->flags |= SI_FL_ERR;
retval = 1;
@@ -271,6 +236,14 @@
#if defined(CONFIG_HAP_LINUX_SPLICE)
if (b->to_forward && b->flags & BF_KERN_SPLICING) {
+
+ /* Under Linux, if FD_POLL_HUP is set, we have reached the end.
+ * Since older splice() implementations were buggy and returned
+ * EAGAIN on end of read, let's bypass the call to splice() now.
+ */
+ if (fdtab[fd].ev & FD_POLL_HUP)
+ goto out_shutdown_r;
+
retval = stream_sock_splice_in(b, si);
if (retval >= 0) {