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

> No, it doesn't "hang for all eternity", it sits in the same state until
> (a) the client side closes its sending side of the connection (ie, sends
> FIN), or (b) the FIN-WAIT-1 state times out.  But given a normally
> responsive client and no loss of physical connectivity or crash of
> either TCP stack, there is no connection reset and no failure to deliver
> sent data.

I cannot ack the data since it has not been read, so how can I ack the fin ?