iperf TCP client cannot detect write errors

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#18 iperf TCP client cannot detect write errors

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Updated: 2014-08-15

Created: 2011-12-08

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currLen in Client::RunTCP() being declared unsigned is a bug

It means that the (currLen < 0) check for an error return value from
the write() system call can never be true, and so write errors are not
detected.

Andy Fingerhut - 2011-12-08

currlen-unsigned-bug.txt

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