Re: Fwd: Re: Fwd: Problem with recv syscall on socket when other side closed connection

kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru writes:
>> blunt instrument for reporting it, because it causes loss of data going
>> in the other direction.

> First. Data, which reached the host are not lost.

As I recall, the original complaint was precisely that Linux discards
the server->client data instead of allowing the client to read it.  This
was on a single machine, so there's no issue of whether it got lost in
the network.
        regards, tom lane