2 files changed, 28 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go
index c5ce289b5..8c5db6af8 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/epsocket/epsocket.go
@@ -323,20 +323,27 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) Write(ctx context.Context, _ *fs.File, src usermem.IO
 	f := &ioSequencePayload{ctx: ctx, src: src}
 	n, resCh, err := s.Endpoint.Write(f, tcpip.WriteOptions{})
 	if err == tcpip.ErrWouldBlock {
-		return int64(n), syserror.ErrWouldBlock
+		return 0, syserror.ErrWouldBlock
 	}
 
 	if resCh != nil {
 		t := ctx.(*kernel.Task)
 		if err := t.Block(resCh); err != nil {
-			return int64(n), syserr.FromError(err).ToError()
+			return 0, syserr.FromError(err).ToError()
 		}
 
 		n, _, err = s.Endpoint.Write(f, tcpip.WriteOptions{})
-		return int64(n), syserr.TranslateNetstackError(err).ToError()
 	}
 
-	return int64(n), syserr.TranslateNetstackError(err).ToError()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, syserr.TranslateNetstackError(err).ToError()
+	}
+
+	if int64(n) < src.NumBytes() {
+		return int64(n), syserror.ErrWouldBlock
+	}
+
+	return int64(n), nil
 }
 
 // Readiness returns a mask of ready events for socket s.
@@ -1343,11 +1350,16 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) SendMsg(t *kernel.Task, src usermem.IOSequence, to []
 	n, resCh, err := s.Endpoint.Write(tcpip.SlicePayload(v), opts)
 	if resCh != nil {
 		if err := t.Block(resCh); err != nil {
-			return int(n), syserr.FromError(err)
+			return 0, syserr.FromError(err)
 		}
 		n, _, err = s.Endpoint.Write(tcpip.SlicePayload(v), opts)
 	}
-	if err != tcpip.ErrWouldBlock || flags&linux.MSG_DONTWAIT != 0 {
+	dontWait := flags&linux.MSG_DONTWAIT != 0
+	if err == nil && (n >= uintptr(len(v)) || dontWait) {
+		// Complete write.
+		return int(n), nil
+	}
+	if err != nil && (err != tcpip.ErrWouldBlock || dontWait) {
 		return int(n), syserr.TranslateNetstackError(err)
 	}
 
@@ -1363,11 +1375,17 @@ func (s *SocketOperations) SendMsg(t *kernel.Task, src usermem.IOSequence, to []
 		n, _, err = s.Endpoint.Write(tcpip.SlicePayload(v), opts)
 		v.TrimFront(int(n))
 		total += n
-		if err != tcpip.ErrWouldBlock {
-			return int(total), syserr.TranslateNetstackError(err)
+
+		if err != nil && err != tcpip.ErrWouldBlock && total == 0 {
+			return 0, syserr.TranslateNetstackError(err)
+		}
+
+		if err == nil && len(v) == 0 || err != nil && err != tcpip.ErrWouldBlock {
+			return int(total), nil
 		}
 
 		if err := t.Block(ch); err != nil {
+			// handleIOError will consume errors from t.Block if needed.
 			return int(total), syserr.FromError(err)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go b/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go
index b1dcbf7b0..f31729819 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/socket/socket.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ type Socket interface {
 
 	// SendMsg implements the sendmsg(2) linux syscall. SendMsg does not take
 	// ownership of the ControlMessage on error.
+	//
+	// If n > 0, err will either be nil or an error from t.Block.
 	SendMsg(t *kernel.Task, src usermem.IOSequence, to []byte, flags int, controlMessages ControlMessages) (n int, err *syserr.Error)
 
 	// SetRecvTimeout sets the timeout (in ns) for recv operations. Zero means