3 files changed, 13 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go
index b49ef21ad..19af7bc45 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go
@@ -1352,6 +1352,9 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags
 		dst = dst.DropFirst(rn)
 
 		if err := t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
+			if n > 0 {
+				return n, senderAddr, senderAddrLen, controlMessages, nil
+			}
 			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
 				return 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.ErrTryAgain
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go
index f31729819..f73127ea6 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ type Socket interface {
 	//
 	// senderAddrLen is the address length to be returned to the application,
 	// not necessarily the actual length of the address.
+	//
+	// If err != nil, the recv was not successful.
 	RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags int, haveDeadline bool, deadline ktime.Time, senderRequested bool, controlDataLen uint64) (n int, senderAddr interface{}, senderAddrLen uint32, controlMessages ControlMessages, err *syserr.Error)
 
 	// SendMsg implements the sendmsg(2) linux syscall. SendMsg does not take
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
index 11cad411d..4c9dcbd61 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/unix/unix.go
@@ -538,6 +538,9 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags
 			}
 			total += n
 			if err != nil || !waitAll || s.isPacket || n >= dst.NumBytes() {
+				if total > 0 {
+					err = nil
+				}
 				return int(total), from, fromLen, socket.ControlMessages{Unix: r.Control}, syserr.FromError(err)
 			}
 
@@ -546,10 +549,13 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) RecvMsg(t *kernel.Task, dst usermem.IOSequence, flags
 		}
 
 		if err := t.BlockWithDeadline(ch, haveDeadline, deadline); err != nil {
+			if total > 0 {
+				err = nil
+			}
 			if err == syserror.ETIMEDOUT {
-				return 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.ErrTryAgain
+				return int(total), nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.ErrTryAgain
 			}
-			return 0, nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.FromError(err)
+			return int(total), nil, 0, socket.ControlMessages{}, syserr.FromError(err)
 		}
 	}
 }