Re: [patch] Re: Can modules block on socket writes? (fwd)

[Ingo Molnar <mingo elte hu>]

On Tue, 13 Mar 2001, Marcus Gruendler wrote:

> Anyway, the TUX_ACTION_SEND_BUFFER helps a lot, yes. I just don't
> understand how the module realizes that it is scheduled away and how
> it should finish the buffer send.

it's all automatic. Check out demo5.c how it works. The module issues a
SEND_BUFFER, the next time the request is scheduled the send has finished.

> Maybe I understood you wrong, but didn't you mean that in case of not
> enough write space (socket buffer space or main memory?) the module
> has to reissue a TUX_ACTION_SEND_BUFFER with the rest of the buffer.

nope, this is done by TUX internally - all of it is sent automatically.

	Ingo