tcp_recvmsg and tcp_data_wait with respect to select

tcp_recvmsg and tcp_data_wait with respect to select

[Melkor Ainur]

Hello all,

I have been writing a TCP stack. In my implementation
of tcp_recvmsg, I put the calling process to sleep
around my device's waitqueue by doing a 
interruptible_sleep_on(&mywaitq);
and then wake the caller on an interrupt.

This functionality works fine for an application that
calls recv() and expects to block. However, an
application like netcat/nc calls select on an input
filehandle (stdin i think) as well as the recv() 
handle. When this is done, and I put the caller to
sleep, recv works fine but the application is no
longer
woken out of select by standard input. This would
suggest that the way I put the caller to sleep is
different than the way linux's tcp_recvmsg does it.
Looking at the code, I see tcp_data_wait which does
approximately the same thing. I instrumented this
area with some debug and noticed that when running 
netcat this is not what is called. I will continue to
look for where tcp_recvmsg actually puts the caller 
to sleep. In the mean time, I am hoping for any
hints/suggestions that could help me solve this issue.

                                   Thanks,
                                   Melkor


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