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Fix: Socket.SendFile throws when Blocking=false (#122831)
Hi, I noticed this issue was unassigned and marked "good first issue" so I took a crack at it. Note this is a breaking change — happy to discuss the approach or add breaking change documentation if needed. --- ### Problem `Socket.SendFile` does not validate that the socket is in blocking mode before attempting the operation. This leads to undefined, platform-specific behavior: - **Windows:** The operation blocks regardless of the `Blocking` property setting - **Linux:** May send only partial data with no indication of how much was actually transmitted ### Solution Added a validation check at the start of `SendFile` to throw `InvalidOperationException` when `Blocking == false`. This follows the same pattern used by other synchronous socket operations that require blocking mode. ### Testing - Added `NonBlocking_ThrowsInvalidOperationException` test covering both `SendFile` overloads - All 161 existing SendFile tests continue to pass ### Breaking Change This is a breaking change. Code that previously called `SendFile` on a non-blocking socket will now throw an exception: - **On Linux:** This surfaces existing bugs — code was silently losing data - **On Windows:** Code that relied on the undocumented behavior of Windows ignoring the `Blocking` flag will now fail The previous behavior was undefined and platform-inconsistent, so failing explicitly is preferable to silent misbehavior. Fixes #47287
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src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/src/System/Net/Sockets/Socket.cs

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ThrowIfDisposed();
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// SendFile is not supported on non-blocking sockets.
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// ValidateBlockingMode() below checks for async mismatch; this checks explicit non-blocking.
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if (!Blocking)
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{
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throw new InvalidOperationException(SR.net_sockets_blocking);
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}
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if (!IsConnectionOriented || !Connected)
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{
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throw new NotSupportedException(SR.net_notconnected);

src/libraries/System.Net.Sockets/tests/FunctionalTests/SendFile.cs

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await Assert.ThrowsAsync<NotSupportedException>(() => SendFileAsync(s, null, null, null, TransmitFileOptions.UseDefaultWorkerThread));
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}
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[Fact]
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public void SendFile_NonBlockingSocket_ThrowsInvalidOperationException()
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{
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(Socket client, Socket server) = SocketTestExtensions.CreateConnectedSocketPair();
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using (client)
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using (server)
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{
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client.Blocking = false;
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Assert.Throws<InvalidOperationException>(() => client.SendFile(null));
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}
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}
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[Theory]
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[InlineData(false)]
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[InlineData(true)]

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