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Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk

From	Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject	Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk
Date	2014-03-28 12:45 +0000
Message-ID	<87fvm28pb1.fsf@sable.mobileactivedefense.com> (permalink)
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crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> writes:
> On 03/27/2014 09:26 AM, Rainer Weikusat wrote:
>> As part of one of the usual 'pleasant exchanges' with the people whose
>> ability to make a living depends on controlling access to the Linux code
>> base, it came to light that a receive operation on a socket in
>> non-blocking mode can actually be blocked forever on Linux,

[example of a non-blocking read being 'frozen out' by a prior blocking one]

[...]

> So it goes.

Indeed. Software has bugs or 'unexpected features' in 'rarely used
corners' all the time. 

> The question of how these people allegedly control access
> to the linux codebase is fascinating.

Google "old boys network".

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Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-03-27 15:26 +0000
  Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-03-28 02:08 -0600
    Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-03-28 12:45 +0000
      Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid> - 2014-03-29 05:19 -0600
  Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-03-28 20:12 +0000
    Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk unixb4coffee <unixb4coffee@gmail.com> - 2014-04-02 11:13 -0700
      Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-03 16:36 +0100
        Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk unixb4coffee <unixb4coffee@gmail.com> - 2014-04-03 11:43 -0700
          Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-03 21:31 +0100
  Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Lusotec <nomail@nomail.not> - 2014-03-28 23:13 +0000
    Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> - 2014-03-29 11:15 +0000
    Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-03-30 19:42 +0100
    Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-16 12:42 +0100
      Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> - 2014-04-16 13:36 +0100

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