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Subject: Re: kdbus: add documentation
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 09:09:58 +0100
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Daniel,  David,

On 11/30/2014 06:23 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
> * David Herrmann:
>=20
>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Florian Weimer <fw-d32yF4oPJVt0XxTmqZlbVQ@public.gmane.org> =
wrote:
>>> * Greg Kroah-Hartman:
>>>
>>>> +7.4 Receiving messages
>=20
>>> What happens if this is not possible because the file descriptor li=
mit
>>> of the processes would be exceeded?  EMFILE, and the message will n=
ot
>>> be received?
>>
>> The message is returned without installing the FDs. This is signaled
>> by EMFILE, but a valid pool offset.
>=20
> Oh.  This is really surprising, so it needs documentation.  But it's
> probably better than the alternative (return EMFILE and leave the
> message stuck, so that you receive it immediately again=97this behavi=
or
> makes non-blocking accept rather difficult to use correctly).

So, was this point in the end explicitly documented? I not
obvious that it is documented in the revised kdbus.txt that
Greg K-H sent out 4 days ago.

Thanks,

Michael


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