[zeromq-dev] clarification regarding zero copy

[Erdos]

Thanks for the reply. The docs indeed confirms that the free function is
called when zmq is done with the buffer.

However, I'm more interested in what happens right after the "send" call.
As my loop is set up, the send function (with NO_BLOCK) will return
immediately and I will go back to the top of the loop where the buffer is
getting re-assigned. What happens in between that short time window? How do
*I* know that zmq is not quite done with the buffer and maybe I should wait
before re-assigning the buffer.

Obviously, an option is to remove the NO_BLOCK (s.t. send call blocks till
its done) but an expert opinion would put my mind at ease.

Cheers,
Asif


On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 9:17 PM, KIU Shueng Chuan <nixchuan at gmail.com> wrote:

> Your callback function "respawn" is called when zero mq is done with the
> buffer.
> On 9 May, 2013 8:50 AM, "Erdos" <covariantmonkey at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a short bit of code to send data over a push socket via the
>> zero-copy mechanism:
>>
>> static void respawn(void* data, void* hint){};
>> int main ()
>> {
>>   zmq::context_t context (1);
>>   zmq::socket_t socket (context, ZMQ_PUSH);
>>   socket.connect ("tcp://localhost:5555");
>>
>>   string payload = "";
>>   for (int request_nbr = 0; request_nbr != 10000; request_nbr++) {
>>     payload = "boo";
>>     zmq::message_t request ((void *)payload.data(), payload.size(),
>> respawn); //L1
>>     socket.send (request, ZMQ_NOBLOCK); //L2
>>   }
>>
>>   return 0;
>> }
>>
>>
>> Its not entirely clear to me if I can safely assume that the buffer
>> 'payload' is available to me immediately following the 'send' operation
>> (L2).
>>
>> Does the 'send' internally copy the contents of payload on to something?
>> You can see why if for some odd reason the contents are not immediately
>> dealt with (i.e. zmq is still waiting to do something with payload buffer),
>> then assigning new values to payload at the top of the loop is just wrong.
>>
>> The code block above runs just fine but I would like to be sure-- are
>> there any mechanism for zmq to signal that it has finished dealing with
>> payload buffer and okay for me to re-assign it?
>>
>> Many thanks
>> Asif
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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