Code reviewMediumcr-g603

Subject Socket accept no timeoutLevel Mid–Senior~20 minCommon in Networking & APIs interviewsIndustries Software development, Telecom

Question

Review this C server loop that accepts and handles one client at a time.

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Code to reviewc

1for (;;) {2    int cfd = accept(lfd, NULL, NULL);3    char buf[1024];4    ssize_t n = read(cfd, buf, sizeof(buf));5    process(buf, n);6    close(cfd);7}

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