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From: Uncle George <netbeans@gatworks.com>
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: SELECT() returns 1 But FIONREAD says (Input/output error)
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:04:21 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <46607BC5.4070408@gatworks.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKCEBMEEAC.davids@webmaster.com>

David Schwartz wrote:
>> The misunderstanding is from the docs.
>> The select() does not report device errors.
>> Select will just "more precisely, to see if a read will not block".
> 
> This is a much slighter misunderstanding. The result of the 'select'
> function tells you nothing about what a particular 'read' will or will not
> do. 
The docs 'precisely' says that it does. I'm sorry if you cannot trouble 
yourself to read the man pages to address your issues with the correct 
functionality of the select call.

Maybe you can address your issues and concerns with the documentation 
folks.

thanks again.

  reply	other threads:[~2007-06-01 20:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-05-31 18:17 SELECT() returns 1 But FIONREAD says (Input/output error) Uncle George
2007-06-01  1:01 ` David Schwartz
2007-06-01  1:53   ` Uncle George
2007-06-01 16:43     ` David Schwartz
2007-06-01 17:07       ` Uncle George
2007-06-01 17:33         ` David Schwartz
2007-06-01 20:04           ` Uncle George [this message]
2007-06-01 22:03             ` David Schwartz
2007-06-01 12:01   ` Uncle George
     [not found] <fa.qaWJQn9l1jDV+N9wFv9WqATf44U@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.pq45zUHWQMSHoRGL/M4uTPfFWHg@ifi.uio.no>
2007-06-01  2:48   ` Robert Hancock
2007-06-02  0:02     ` Uncle George
     [not found] <8qXzx-jY-31@gated-at.bofh.it>
2007-06-01 12:19 ` Bodo Eggert

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