doc: buffers are not sent over IPC with a socket

If a socket is sent to a child, any data that is buffered in the socket
will not be sent to the child. The child will only receive data from the
socket that is sent after the child has the socket.

PR-URL: nodejs#6951
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]>

Author: Tim Kuijsten

doc/api/child_process.md

@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@ Applications should avoid using such messages or listening for
 The optional `sendHandle` argument that may be passed to `child.send()` is for
 passing a TCP server or socket object to the child process. The child will
 receive the object as the second argument passed to the callback function
-registered on the [`process.on('message')`][] event.
+registered on the [`process.on('message')`][] event. Any data that is received
+and buffered in the socket will not be sent to the child.
 
 The `options` argument, if present, is an object used to parameterize the
 sending of certain types of handles. `options` supports the following