Hello, A while ago [1], issues were found with the use of select along with a timeout. In an attempt to fix those, I have created a branch in the Hurd repository which adds a new call to the io interface, io_select_timeout, and adjusts the servers to support this new call. The core of the implementation lies in the new hurd_condition_timedwait call, and the consistent use of the new Hurd-specific time_data_t type. Comments on these changes are welcome.
For now, this branch only adds support for server-side timeouts. The select implementation in glibc still needs to be changed to use the new call when appropriate. THanks. -- Richard Braun [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=79358
