TCP: return from write when there is no buffer space
During a write, if there is no more buffer space for the user data, return the amount that was written instead of waiting until there is free space. If nothing has been written yet, then block as before. This solves a deadlock that occurs if the user data is too large to fit in the available buffer: the write thread will block before any data is added to the write queue, leaving no possibility that more buffers will free up when they are ACKed (since they have not yet been sent). The write thread will then block forever and hold all of the buffers.
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