From: Nathan J Kurz <nate@tripod.tripod.com>
Message-Id: <199704260516.BAA02865@tripod.tripod.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Handle write errors when no SIGPIPE
To: new-httpd@apache.org
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 1997 01:16:58 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <9704252107.aa19838@paris.ics.uci.edu> from "Roy T. Fielding" at
 Apr 25, 97 09:07:21 pm
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> Nathan's comments caused me to revisit the code that I had stared at
> for so long looking for an EPIPE.  I don't know why I missed it the first
> time, but the below patch will fix this problem.  Note that it is needed
> for all systems, since our current code will silently toss data if an
> interim write fails for any reason (very bad).  It will also be a huge
> load reducer for sites sending large messages to impatient users.
> 
> .....Roy

Yes, this is exactly the patch that is needed.

nate@tripod.com
http://www.tripod.com

ps. I got confirmation from Sun that the absence of a SIGPIPE on
Solaris 2.5.1 is a bug and that it is scheduled to be fixed in the
next release.