When I read the opensource code:

there have this code below:

    streamConn := func(dst io.Writer, src io.Reader) {
        io.Copy(dst, src)
        streamWait.Done()
    }
    go streamConn(remoteConn, conn)
    go streamConn(conn, remoteConn)

you see there use two go streamConn() to switch the data between two conn. and I want to know if the remoteConn do not have data to transmit, there copy what? copy nil?

CodePudding user response：

Usually network sockets operate in blocking mode – if there's no more data to be received, then the "receive" operation will just sit there and wait until there is some. That's why there are two goroutines, one in each direction – so that one could keep copying data while the other is still waiting for data (blocked on read).

For a similar but more direct example, you'll find a direct call to remoteConn.Read(data) a bit higher up in the same file. When called, Read() won't return until it gets some data – or until it reaches the timeout that was set using SetReadDeadline() immediately above (in which case it'll return a Timeout error through err).