> On Oct 9, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Ajay Garg <ajaygargnsit at gmail.com> wrote: > >> However, it might sometimes return SSL_ERROR_WANT_READ, in which >> case, the SSL layer wants to read, even though the application >> wants to write. Your job is to do the read on the SSL layer's >> behalf, and then retry the write. > > For this particular sub-case, let's say SSL-layer wants to obtain "n" > bytes from the socket/wire. > > So, in this case, is it ok to do a blocking-read on the socket, unless > "n" bytes are received (of course, a socket "error" will be handled in > the blocking-call; it's just that any socket-timeouts will not be > considered). Yes, you can do a blocking read (provided you have already flushed all pending writes). -- Viktor.