[Mono-list] Stream Issue with WebResponse

[Sean Newton]

I'm rather new to Mono and not exactly a linux guru so my issue may not =
be a bug but instead user error. Basically, trying to build a test =
harness for getting performance metrics of web requests. Wrote the code =
on windows, hoping Mono would be a viable alternative for end users that =
wanted to use Linux. Initially structured with a multi-threaded, =
asynchronous design, all worked well under windows but seemed to hang on =
linux/mono, eventually reporting an exception.

Since then, I've simplified the code greatly to isolate the error:

using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Text;
using System.Net;

class Harness {

  static void Main(string[] args) {

    string url =3D "http://www.microsoft.com";
    Console.WriteLine("Creating WebRequest...");
    WebRequest request =3D WebRequest.Create(url);
    Console.WriteLine("Retrieving WebResponse...");
    WebResponse response =3D request.GetResponse();
    StreamReader sr =3D new StreamReader(response.GetResponseStream(), =
Encoding.ASCII);
    string line =3D null;
    Console.WriteLine("Retrieving Stream...");
    while( (line =3D sr.ReadLine()) !=3D null) {
      Console.WriteLine(line);
    }
    Console.WriteLine("I never reach this point");
    sr.Close();
  }
}

While simplifying, I initially tried using using a TextReader and =
ReadToEnd(). That, too, seemed to just hang, eventually causing an =
exception. Using the above code showed me that the response was coming =
across but that during the last readline (when null should be expected) =
is when the hang occurs. So something about getting the last bit of info =
I think.

Anyone else having this issue? Using a workaround or anything?

For further info, I am using SuSE 8.1 Pro and Mono .23. The exception i =
get is as follows:

Unhandled Exception: System.IO.IOException: Read failure ---> =
System.IO.IOException: Read failure ---> =
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Some sort of w32 error occurred
in (unmanaged) mono(mono_raise_exception+0x22) [0x81171f2]
in (unmanaged) =
mono(ves_icall_System_Net_Sockets_Socket_Receive_internal+0x85) =
[0x8134e85]
in <0x000f7> 00 System.Net.Sockets.Socket:Receive =
(byte[],int,int,System.Net.Sockets.SocketFlags)
in <0x00121> 00 System.Net.Sockets.Socket:Receive =
(byte[],int,int,System.Net.Sockets.SocketFlags)
in <0x00145> 00 System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream:Read (byte[],int,int)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

in <0x00188> 00 System.Net.Sockets.NetworkStream:Read (byte[],int,int)
in <0x00181> 00 .HttpWebResponseStream:Read (byte[],int,int)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---

in <0x001c4> 00 .HttpWebResponseStream:Read (byte[],int,int)
in <0x00127> 00 System.IO.StreamReader:ReadBuffer ()
in <0x00088> 00 System.IO.StreamReader:Read ()
in <0x00049> 00 System.IO.StreamReader:ReadLine ()
in <0x0018d> 00 WebPlay.Harness:Main (string[])

Appreciate anyone's musings, experience, or confirmation as a bug.

Thanks,
Sean