[Mono-list] Threads & Asynchronous Sockets

[Giuseppe Greco]

... and what happens If I change the ReceiveBufferSize
option from another thread while Socket.ReceiveFrom()
is receiving a datagram?

Gius_.

> Hi all,
>
> Look at the following class:
>
>
> public MyClass
> {
>   private Socket socket;
>   private Thread listener;
>   ...
>
>   public MyClass(...)
>   {
>     socket = new Socket(...);
>     ...
>
>     listener = new Thread(new ThreadStart(Listen));
>     listener.IsBackground = true;
>     listener.Start();
>   }
>
>   private void Listen()
>   {
>     int recv = 0;
>     byte[] data = null;
>     EndPoint remoteEndPoint = new IPEndPoint(IPAddress.Any, 0);
>
>     while (true) {
>       if (socket.Poll(PollTimeOut, SelectMode.SelectRead)) {
>         data = new byte[socket.Available];
>         recv = socket.ReceiveFrom(
>           data,
>           0,
>           data.Length,
>           SocketFlags.None,
>           ref remoteEndPoint);
>
>         if (recv > 0) {
>           DoSomething();
>         }
>       }
>     }
>   }
>
>   public void Send(byte[] data, IPEndPoint remoteEndPoint)
>   {
>     socket.BeginSendTo(
>       data,
>       0,
>       data.Length,
>       SocketFlags.None,
>       remoteEndPoint,
>       new AsyncCallback(AsyncSend),
>       null);
>   }
>
>   private void AsyncSend(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
>   {
>     socket.EndSendTo(asyncResult);
>   }
> }
>
> As you can see, there is a thread that listens for
> incoming datagrams, and an asynchronous Send method.
> Now the question is: since the two threads work
> on the same socket, could they interfere each other?
>
> I guess they should work fine since sends and receives
> use different socket buffers...
>
> Any comment is appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
> Gius_.
>
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