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Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk

From	crankypuss <crankypuss@nomail.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject	Re: Linux O_NONBLOCK bug/ quirk
Date	2014-03-28 02:08 -0600
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
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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,

Say more about these people please, in particular tell us how they 
control access to the linux codebase.

> it came to light that a receive operation on a socket in
> non-blocking mode can actually be blocked forever on Linux,

I suppose that when one depends on providers, their claims that 
something is non-blocking actually have some importance.  Meanwhile the 
code that I use times out on what is claimed to be blocking.

So it goes.  The question of how these people allegedly control access 
to the linux codebase is fascinating.  Perhaps they control it by 
choosing what they will provide and when they will provide it.  In my 
naivte it appears that there is no other way what is freely available 
can be controlled.  And in my unlimited bastardy it appears to me that 
those who do not wish to be controlled by those who create, should 
create their own.

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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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