RE: PROBLEM: I/O system call never returns if file desc is closed in the

> At 22:35 +0100 2001-06-06, Alan Cox wrote: > > > This report describes a problem in the usage of file > > > descriptors across > >> multiple threads. When one thread closes a file descriptor, another > >> thread which waits for an I/O on that file descriptor is not notified > >> and bloc

Re: PROBLEM: I/O system call never returns if file desc is closed in the

Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 7 Jun 2001, Florian Weimer wrote: > > > Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Select is defined as to return, with the appropriate bit set, if/when > > > a nonblocking read/write on the file descriptor won't block. You'd get > > >

Re: PROBLEM: I/O system call never returns if file desc is closed in the

Matthias Urlichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Select is defined as to return, with the appropriate bit set, if/when > a nonblocking read/write on the file descriptor won't block. You'd get > EBADF in this case, therefore causing the select to return would be a > Good Thing. How do you avoid rac