[c++winsock2.0]How to abort winsock blocking call?

Question

I use Winsock 2 in C++, and wonder how to make my server stop reading from the client connection. The reading thread gets blocked in recv() and I have no idea h

Answer 1

To abort the blocking call to recv(), you can close the socket with closesocket() from another thread. Even if it's a bit ugly, it should work.

You can try to shutdown() the socket too (I never tested that).