socket.recv(size, MSG_TRUNC) returns more than size bytes

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
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Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking

Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported socket.recv(size, MSG_TRUNC) behavior and read the socket extension implementation and its existing tests. The work is done when recv no longer returns more than the requested size in this case and a regression test covers the behavior.

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Description

3.7 (EOL) extension-modules topic-socket type-bug
BPO 24933
Nosy @tiran, @benjaminp, @berkerpeksag, @vadmium

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-08-25.11:28:15.516>
labels = ['extension-modules', 'type-bug', '3.7']
title = 'socket.recv(size, MSG_TRUNC) returns more than size bytes'
updated_at = <Date 2016-09-26.15:31:46.213>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/AndreyWagin'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2016-09-26.15:31:46.213>
actor = 'christian.heimes'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Extension Modules']
creation = <Date 2015-08-25.11:28:15.516>
creator = 'Andrey Wagin'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24933
keywords = []
message_count = 7.0
messages = ['249114', '249121', '249127', '249214', '264343', '277427', '277429']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['christian.heimes', 'benjamin.peterson', 'berker.peksag', 'martin.panter', 'Andrey Wagin']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'high'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24933'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.5', 'Python 3.6', 'Python 3.7']

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