mhd_send: use sendmsg() in POSIX-compatible way

Some OSes may have limit on number of maximum elements per single
call of sendmsg()/writev(). Do not try to send more elements than
allowed by OS.

2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 383eed63..a9318e91 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Web 14 Apr 2021 22:20:00 MSK
+    Fixed: use sendmsg() in POSIX-compatible way, do not try to send more
+    than IOV_MAX elements per single call. -EG
+
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diff --git a/src/microhttpd/mhd_send.c b/src/microhttpd/mhd_send.c
index f3028293..f691cc7d 100644
--- a/src/microhttpd/mhd_send.c
+++ b/src/microhttpd/mhd_send.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,10 @@ send_iov_nontls (struct MHD_Connection *connection,
   pre_send_setopt (connection, true, push_data);
 
   items_to_send = r_iov->cnt - r_iov->sent;
+#ifdef IOV_MAX
+  if (IOV_MAX < items_to_send)
+    items_to_send = IOV_MAX;
+#endif /* IOV_MAX */
 #ifdef HAVE_SENDMSG
   memset (&msg, 0, sizeof(struct msghdr));
   msg.msg_iov = r_iov->iov + r_iov->sent;