Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 28 May 1998 16:11:29 -0400 | From | Bill Hawes <> | Subject | Re: patch for 2.1.103 n_tty.c |
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Jeanette Pauline Middelink wrote:
> Hmm, the same happens for a pipe_read. In linux-2.0.x that one > also returned immediatly (due to the check on 0 in sys_read). > But an read of a pipe (0 bytes as count) still blocks... > > I'm nt sure what the proper semantics for the read call are. > Shouldn't it at least be the same for all read's? pipe, > tty, fs, network, unix?
OK, I'll take a look at the pipe code as well. I would think the read() behavior should be consistent across all devices, but perhaps someone else will explain otherwise.
Regards, Bill
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