christkv/node-mongodb-native — comment on commit 50f0b8ab46a3e22099d77faa910b6411aded663f
File: lib/mongodb/connection/connection.js line 282
By christkv:

yes I think so but can't be certain, the new code will basically close the connection an issue an error correctly so you can recover. at this point the socket is dead anyway as there is no way to recover a valid state anymore