Daniel Podlejski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> there is litlle programm:
>
> signal (SIGALRM, empty);
> alarm (1);
>
> a = read(fd, buf, 511);
>
> while (a && a != -1) a = read(fd, buf, 511);
> I open /tmp/nic and run compiled program.
> There should be error EINTR in read, but isn't.
"Fast" system calls (eg reads from disk) are generally
uninterruptible; thus the signal will be deferred until the read()
returns.
-Doug
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