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diff --git a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod index be1ad76..b0dfefa 100644 --- a/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod +++ b/crypto/openssl/doc/ssl/SSL_write.pod @@ -50,6 +50,17 @@ non-blocking socket, nothing is to be done, but select() can be used to check for the required condition. When using a buffering BIO, like a BIO pair, data must be written into or retrieved out of the BIO before being able to continue. +SSL_write() will only return with success, when the complete contents +of B<buf> of length B<num> has been written. This default behaviour +can be changed with the SSL_MODE_ENABLE_PARTIAL_WRITE option of +L<SSL_CTX_set_mode(3)|SSL_CTX_set_mode(3)>. When this flag is set, +SSL_write() will also return with success, when a partial write has been +successfully completed. In this case the SSL_write() operation is considered +completed. The bytes are sent and a new SSL_write() operation with a new +buffer (with the already sent bytes removed) must be started. +A partial write is performed with the size of a message block, which is +16kB for SSLv3/TLSv1. + =head1 WARNING When an SSL_write() operation has to be repeated because of |
