Subject: Re: [libssh2] Blocking read returns PACKET_EAGAIN if not enough data is available?

Re: [libssh2] Blocking read returns PACKET_EAGAIN if not enough data is available?

From: Eberhard Mattes <em-libssh2_at_online.ms>
Date: Tue, 08 May 2007 15:26:34 +0200

libssh2_packet_read() needing at least blocksize bytes (if encryption is
active) is also incorrect. Suppose we use a mac of 20 bytes and a blocksize of
16 bytes and the packet arrives in two parts, the second part containing the
last 2 bytes of the mac. Now, the first libssh2_packet_read() call processes
all bytes of the packet except for the last 2. The second call will read the
last 2 bytes of the packet and won't process them as it has read less than a
block (2<16). This call and all subsequent calls of libssh2_packet_read() will
return PACKET_EAGAIN.

Eberhard

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Received on 2007-05-08