Svante Signell, le Thu 01 Nov 2012 18:04:35 +0100, a écrit :
> On Thu, 2012-11-01 at 17:44 +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > Svante Signell, le Thu 01 Nov 2012 17:32:53 +0100, a écrit :
> > > --- ../hurdselect_orig.c 2012-10-21 22:55:26.000000000 +0200
> > > +++ ../hurdselect_orig_timeout.c 2012-11-01 12:58:00.000000000 +0100
> > > @@ -84,9 +84,13 @@
> > >
> > > to = (timeout->tv_sec * 1000 +
> > > (timeout->tv_nsec + 999999) / 1000000);
> > > - if (strcmp(program_invocation_short_name, "vi") &&
> > > strcmp(program_invocation_short_name, "vim") &&
> > > strcmp(program_invocation_short_name, "vimdiff") && !to)
> > > - to = 1;
> > > }
> > > + /* XXX: A timeout of 0 returns immediately, even if no file
> > > + descriptors are ready. This is correct according to
> > > + POSIX.1-2001. As many programs rely on file descriptors being
> > > + ready for a timeout of zero use 1 msec as the minimum delay */
> > > + if (to == 0)
> > > + to = 1;
> >
> > Nack. We've already tried that in the past, and and using even just 1
> > makes some applications sluggish like hell. See the archive list for
> > the current work on actually fixing the issue properly, i.e. adding a
> > file server interface for probing.
>
> Which applications have problems, I would like to verify that.
I don't remember, but it was posing enough problems that we had to use
0.
> For vim you have added 1us (or is it 1ms?) as a workaround.
I have added 1, just like you tried to in your patch.
to = (timeout->tv_sec * 1000
so it's ms.
> Where in the archives to find the correct implementation ideas, both
> bug-hurd and debian-hurd has a long history?
I don't remember. Most probably mails with "select" in the title, of
course.
Samuel
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