Re: select() bug

H. Peter Anvin
2000-11-03T00:39:27Z

"David S. Miller" wrote:
>
> Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 16:13:13 -0800
> From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com>
>
> Oh. What do you do if there isn't... link up the contents of the
> write() in a kiovec and hold the writer?
>
> Right, the writer blocks.
>
> I've already posted the patches here within the past week, I'll send
> them to you under seperate cover so you can see for yourself how it
> works.
>

Sure, but my point was that it would be nice for high-traffic pipes to
allow a larger volume of data with the two processes still running
concurrently.

-hpa

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