ares_socket_t nfds;
int i;
- /* No queries, no file descriptors. */
- if (!channel->queries)
- return 0;
-
nfds = 0;
for (i = 0; i < channel->nservers; i++)
{
server = &channel->servers[i];
- if (server->udp_socket != ARES_SOCKET_BAD)
+ /* We only need to register interest in UDP sockets if we have
+ * outstanding queries.
+ */
+ if (channel->queries && server->udp_socket != ARES_SOCKET_BAD)
{
FD_SET(server->udp_socket, read_fds);
if (server->udp_socket >= nfds)
nfds = server->udp_socket + 1;
}
+ /* We always register for TCP events, because we want to know
+ * when the other side closes the connection, so we don't waste
+ * time trying to use a broken connection.
+ */
if (server->tcp_socket != ARES_SOCKET_BAD)
{
FD_SET(server->tcp_socket, read_fds);