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Old 10-21-2006, 11:45 PM   #1
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how to check if a socket is valid in C ?


Hi, guys.

I am writing a program in Linux C.

It connect a server and send some things to it.

But, the server often closed my socket after some time. And, my wirte () thread will get a SIGPIPE signal.

How to check the socket? and, when the server closed it, I can connect
again.

Thanks!
 
Old 10-22-2006, 02:01 AM   #2
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Hi,
you will know that your socket is close when you get SIGPIPE when you try to write (as you have discovered yourself ) or you will have a return value of 0 when you try to read from it. You should also know that when the socket is closed by the other side (or broken) there will be "data" to read, which will be the end of "file" (or connection in this case).

CHeers!
 
Old 10-22-2006, 11:59 PM   #3
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You can use a signal handler to catch the SIGPIPE signal.

The handler that you write for it will set a global flag to indicate that the socket is no longer valid.
Before writing to the socket, check this global flag. If an error is indicated, cleanup your client socket and reconnect.

As you now handle the SIGPIPE, your program will not 'crash'.

Below a modified client example (original is taken from http://www.cs.utah.edu/~swalton/list...kets/programs/)
Code:
/* simple-client.c
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2000 Sean Walton and Macmillan Publishers.  Use may be in
 * whole or in part in accordance to the General Public License (GPL).
 *
 * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
 * ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
 * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
 * ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
 * FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
 * DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
 * OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
 * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
 * LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
 * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
 * SUCH DAMAGE.
*/

/*****************************************************************************/
/*** simple-client.c                                                       ***/
/***                                                                       ***/
/*****************************************************************************/

/**************************************************************************
*   This is a simple client socket reader.  It opens a socket, connects
*   to a server, reads the message, and closes.
**************************************************************************/
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <signal.h>

#include <resolv.h>

#define PORT_TIME       13              /* "time" (not available on RedHat) */
#define PORT_FTP        21              /* FTP connection port */
#define PORT_TEST       9999            /* connection port */
#define SERVER_ADDR     "127.0.0.1"     /* localhost */
#define MAXBUF          1024


int socket_OK=0;



void sigpipe_handler()
{
    printf("SIGPIPE caught\n");
    socket_OK=0;
}

int main()
{
    int sockfd;
    struct sockaddr_in dest;
    char buffer[MAXBUF];

    int counter=0;


    /*---Open socket for streaming---*/
    if ( (sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0)) < 0 )
    {
        perror("Socket");
        exit(errno);
    }

    /*---Initialize server address/port struct---*/
    bzero(&dest, sizeof(dest));
    dest.sin_family = AF_INET;
    dest.sin_port = htons(PORT_TEST);
    if ( inet_aton(SERVER_ADDR, &dest.sin_addr.s_addr) == 0 )
    {
        perror(SERVER_ADDR);
        exit(errno);
    }


    // instal sigpipe handler
    signal(SIGPIPE,sigpipe_handler);

    /*---Connect to server---*/
    if ( connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr*)&dest, sizeof(dest)) != 0 )
    {
        perror("Connect ");
        exit(errno);
    }

    // indicate that socket is OK
    socket_OK=1;


    while(1)
    {
        if(!socket_OK)
            break;
        send(sockfd, "test\n", 5, 0);
        printf("message sent\n");
        /*---Get "Hello?"---*/
        bzero(buffer, MAXBUF);
        recv(sockfd, buffer, sizeof(buffer), 0);
        printf("[%6d]:%s", ++counter,buffer);
        sleep(1);
    }

    /*---Clean up---*/
    close(sockfd);
    return 0;
}
It compiles with some warnings, but I did not feel like looking into that now.
 
Old 10-29-2006, 06:56 PM   #4
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