SB-BSD-SOCKETS:SOCKET-RECEIVE throws an error when there are more bytes to read than will fit in the buffer

[eadmund]

SB-BSD-SOCKETS:SOCKET-RECEIVE's interface specifies that it will read only as many bytes as are requested; this is not in fact the case, at least with a UDP socket. It sets MSG_TRUNC for all UDP receives, which means that the length LEN returned by RECVFROM will be the total packet length, not the requested data length LENGTH. Then it attempts to copy LEN, not LENGTH, bytes into BUFFER, resulting in an exception if BUFFER is shorter than LEN. If instead of (loop for i from 0 below len ...) it used (loop for i from 0 below (min len length)...) then all would be well.

Of note, even if BUFFER is large enough to hold LEN bytes, it is a violation of the interface to write more data than requested into it.

[Stas Boukarev (stassats)]

commit 9d17f7daef6d930a229ae6c0339c9eefc3dd71e6
Author: Nathan Froyd <email address hidden>
Date: Tue Sep 4 22:45:03 2012 -0400

    make SOCKET-RECEIVE work correctly when receiving overly-long UDP packets

    Only copy as much data as the provided buffer can hold. Continue to return
    the length provided from recvfrom as per documentation.