+#ifdef FEATURE_CONNECTION_KEEP_ALIVE
+/*********************************************************************
+ *
+ * Function : socket_is_still_usable
+ *
+ * Description : Decides whether or not an open socket is still usable.
+ *
+ * Parameters :
+ * 1 : sfd = The socket to check.
+ *
+ * Returns : TRUE for yes, otherwise FALSE.
+ *
+ *********************************************************************/
+int socket_is_still_usable(jb_socket sfd)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_POLL
+ int poll_result;
+ struct pollfd poll_fd[1];
+
+ memset(poll_fd, 0, sizeof(poll_fd));
+ poll_fd[0].fd = sfd;
+ poll_fd[0].events = POLLIN;
+
+ poll_result = poll(poll_fd, 1, 0);
+
+ if (-1 != poll_result)
+ {
+ return !(poll_fd[0].revents & POLLIN);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_CONNECT, "Polling socket %d failed.", sfd);
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+#else
+ fd_set readable_fds;
+ struct timeval timeout;
+ int ret;
+ int socket_is_alive = 0;
+
+ memset(&timeout, '\0', sizeof(timeout));
+ FD_ZERO(&readable_fds);
+ FD_SET(sfd, &readable_fds);
+
+ ret = select((int)sfd+1, &readable_fds, NULL, NULL, &timeout);
+ if (ret < 0)
+ {
+ log_error(LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "select() failed!: %E");
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * XXX: I'm not sure why !FD_ISSET() works,
+ * but apparently it does.
+ */
+ socket_is_alive = !FD_ISSET(sfd, &readable_fds);
+
+ return socket_is_alive;
+#endif /* def HAVE_POLL */
+}
+#endif /* def FEATURE_CONNECTION_KEEP_ALIVE */
+
+