Re: socket write(2) after remote shutdown(2) problem ?

[Andi Kleen]

"David S. Miller" <[e-mail]> writes:
> 
> But all of this is irrelevant.  When a server closes and says "send me
> no more data", this implies that the server told the client it doesn't
> want any more data.  If the client sends data, this is a gross fatal
> error, so TCP resets in FIN_WAIT{1,2} states.

Linux has one hole in this. When the reset arrives too late the pending
error is not passed up and propagated through shutdown/close.

-Andi