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diff --git a/open_issues/select.mdwn b/open_issues/select.mdwn index ab6af90b..0f750631 100644 --- a/open_issues/select.mdwn +++ b/open_issues/select.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -12,12 +12,23 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] There are a lot of reports about this issue, but no thorough analysis. ---- + +# `elinks` IRC, unknown channel, unknown date. - <paakku> This is related to ELinks... I've looked at the select() implementation for the Hurd in glibc and it seems that giving it a short timeout could cause it not to report that file descriptors are ready. - <paakku> It sends a request to the Mach port of each file descriptor and then waits for responses from the servers. - <paakku> Even if the file descriptors have data for reading or are ready for writing, the server processes might not respond immediately. - <paakku> So if I want ELinks to check which file descriptors are ready, how long should the timeout be in order to ensure that all servers can respond in time? + <paakku> This is related to ELinks... I've looked at the select() + implementation for the Hurd in glibc and it seems that giving it a short + timeout could cause it not to report that file descriptors are ready. + <paakku> It sends a request to the Mach port of each file descriptor and + then waits for responses from the servers. + <paakku> Even if the file descriptors have data for reading or are ready + for writing, the server processes might not respond immediately. + <paakku> So if I want ELinks to check which file descriptors are ready, how + long should the timeout be in order to ensure that all servers can + respond in time? <paakku> Or do I just imagine this problem? + +--- + +See also [[select_bogus_fd]] and [[select_vs_signals]]. |