From 9bf17eb05a4591d8dec9779a9efddc5c2276699a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bas van Kervel <bas@ethdev.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2015 15:30:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] rpc/comms reconnect ipc client after write error

---
 rpc/comms/ipc.go | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rpc/comms/ipc.go b/rpc/comms/ipc.go
index e982ada13..d897bf313 100644
--- a/rpc/comms/ipc.go
+++ b/rpc/comms/ipc.go
@@ -44,12 +44,14 @@ func (self *ipcClient) Close() {
 
 func (self *ipcClient) Send(req interface{}) error {
 	var err error
-	if err = self.coder.WriteResponse(req); err != nil {
-		if _, ok := err.(*net.OpError); ok { // connection lost, retry once
+	if r, ok := req.(*shared.Request); ok {
+		if err = self.coder.WriteResponse(r); err != nil {
 			if err = self.reconnect(); err == nil {
-				err = self.coder.WriteResponse(req)
+				err = self.coder.WriteResponse(r)
 			}
 		}
+
+		return err
 	}
 	return err
 }