Exit a blocking recv() call [duplicate]

Question

I want to exit a blocking recv() call. Based on this question, I should do the following:

shutdown(s, SD_RECEIVE);

But it is not working, recv() is still blocking!

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Edit:

This is the code I used:

#include <stdio.h>
#include <WinSock2.h>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <process.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "ws2_32.lib")

unsigned int __stdcall recvThread(void *p)
{
    SOCKET s = *((SOCKET*)p);

    char buffer[2048];
    int size;

    do
    {
        size = recv(s, buffer, 2048, 0);

        if (size > 0)                               
        {
            printf("Some data received\n");
        }
        else if (size == 0)
        {
            printf("Disconnected\n");
        }
        else
        {
            printf("Disconnected, error occured\n");
        }

    } while (size > 0);

    return 0;
}

int main()
{
    // Initialize Winsock
    WSADATA wsa;
    WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2, 2), &wsa);

    // Create socket
    SOCKET s = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

    // Connect
    sockaddr_in addr;
    addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
    addr.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr("192.168.1.4");
    addr.sin_port = htons(atoi("12345"));
    if (connect(s, (sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr)) == SOCKET_ERROR)
    {
        printf("Unable to connect\n");
    }
    else
    {
        printf("Connected\n");
    }

    // Start recv() thread
    HANDLE hRecvThread = (HANDLE)_beginthreadex(0, 0, recvThread, &s, 0, 0);

    Sleep(3000);

    // Exit blocking recv()
    shutdown(s, SD_RECEIVE);

    getchar();
    return 0;
}

Answer 1

You need to shutdown the input as mentioned in the question you linked to. See the documentation for shutdown() on msdn and here as well:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms738547%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Relevant quote from the documentation:

The shutdown function is used on all types of sockets to disable reception, transmission, or both.
If the how parameter is SD_RECEIVE, subsequent calls to the recv function on the socket will be disallowed. This has no effect on the lower protocol layers. For TCP sockets, if there is still data queued on the socket waiting to be received, or data arrives subsequently, the connection is reset, since the data cannot be delivered to the user. For UDP sockets, incoming datagrams are accepted and queued. In no case will an ICMP error packet be generated.
If the how parameter is SD_SEND, subsequent calls to the send function are disallowed. For TCP sockets, a FIN will be sent after all data is sent and acknowledged by the receiver.
Setting how to SD_BOTH disables both sends and receives as described above.

The key is the FIN being sent. This will be handled by the server and it will close the socket, leading to your recv() call returning.