Blocking vs non-blocking mode

From: Puzzolino (puzzolino77_at_libero.it)
Date: 02/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 13:46:09 GMT

I've been using mainly blocking TCP sockets until now, with a thread
handling blocking sends/recvs. Now that I try non-blocking sockets, I've
found a problem, which turns out to be an interesting "feature" in the
blocking model.

If client A sends data throught his DSL connection to client B which still
uses a slow 56K internet connection, the traffic is somewhat "compensated"
in blocking mode; that is, client A will slow down automatically to match
client B speed.

In non-blocking mode, client A sends all data immediately as soon as he can,
no matter client B is able to get data in time; this results in data loss in
some cases.

Did anyone experience or find a solution to this problem?

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