From 9d2f07f47842b3e86e772a90650c6e862f47b242 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack Scholl <zack.scholl@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2018 19:36:59 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] copy tcp writing into byte array

---
 src/comm/comm.go | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/comm/comm.go b/src/comm/comm.go
index 02decfa7..c2ef6376 100644
--- a/src/comm/comm.go
+++ b/src/comm/comm.go
@@ -33,8 +33,12 @@ func (c Comm) Close() {
 }
 
 func (c Comm) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
-	n, err := c.connection.Write(append([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("%0.5d", len(b))), b...))
-	if n != len(b)+5 {
+	tmpCopy := make([]byte, len(b)+5)
+	// Copy the buffer so it doesn't get changed while read by the recipient.
+	copy(tmpCopy[:5], []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%0.5d", len(b))))
+	copy(tmpCopy[5:], b)
+	n, err := c.connection.Write(tmpCopy)
+	if n != len(tmpCopy) {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("wanted to write %d but wrote %d", len(b), n)
 	}
 	// log.Printf("wanted to write %d but wrote %d", n, len(b))