From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Randy Macleod" Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] Phonet: pipe end-point protocol documentation Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:19:14 -0400 Message-ID: <48E394F2.2080808@nortel.com> References: <200810011312.17288.remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> <1222855985-22859-6-git-send-email-remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org To: Remi Denis-Courmont Return-path: Received: from zrtps0kn.nortel.com ([47.140.192.55]:55275 "EHLO zrtps0kn.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753159AbYJAPjQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Oct 2008 11:39:16 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1222855985-22859-6-git-send-email-remi.denis-courmont@nokia.com> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Remi Denis-Courmont wrote: > From: R=C3=A9mi Denis-Courmont =2E.. > +WARNING: > +When polling a connected pipe socket for writability, there is an > +intrinsic race condition whereby writability might be lost between t= he > +polling and the writing system calls. In this case, the socket will > +block until write because possible again, unless non-blocking mode i= s ---------------------becomes > +enabled. // Randy